Maaliyah — #11595 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Maaliyah

The Social Security Administration has registered 300 babies named Maaliyah between 2000 and 2024, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maaliyah currently holds the #11595 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Maaliyah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 132 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Maaliyah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Maaliyah in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Maaliyah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 300 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.