Malaia — #5084 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Malaia

The Social Security Administration has registered 394 babies named Malaia between 1997 and 2024, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Malaia currently holds the #5084 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 40 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Malaia performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 159 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Malaia shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Malaia in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Malaia 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 394 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.