Malaiah — #16530 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Malaiah

The Social Security Administration has registered 221 babies named Malaiah between 2006 and 2024, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Malaiah currently holds the #16530 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Malaiah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 126 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Malaiah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Malaiah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Malaiah 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 221 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.