How rare is the name Maliyah?

8,935 people in the United States have the first name Maliyah, about 1 in 33,803. It ranks #2,646 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MALIYAH

#2,646

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,935
About
1 in 33,803
This common or more
80.4%
Who bears it

Of the 8,935 people named Maliyah, 53.7% reported their origin as Black, 16.8% as two or more races and 16.3% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Maliyah peaked in 2009, when 1,117 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19942025
Peak year
2009
Births that year
1,117
In 2025*
467 ▼58%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 15,359 babies have been given the name since 1994. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Maliyah by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #785. The largest share of babies named Maliyah, 56.7%, were born in 2013 or later.

1990s#5,836316
2000s#1,3283,702
2010s#7857,941
2020s#1,0593,400
Millennials 1981–960.5%
Generation Z 1997–1242.7%
2013 and later56.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Maliyah is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Maliyah has been most common in Florida (2.2×), Nevada (2.2×), and Georgia (2×), and least common in Utah (0.29×).

14,294 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Maliyah

#2,644 Danette · 8,947#2,645 Natividad · 8,939#2,647 Yusuf · 8,933#2,648 Oralia · 8,931

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Maliyah, most common first.

#1,424 Malia · 23,945#3,206 Maleah · 6,718#3,826 Malaya · 5,161#5,113 Maliah · 3,429#7,600 Malayah · 1,993#8,183 Maliya · 1,785#8,186 Maliha · 1,784#24,891 Maleya · 384

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