Girls' name · since 2003
Malaijah
116 babies named Malaijah in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,546 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 116
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
116 girls have been named Malaijah since 2003, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malaijah has been recorded 116 times among girls since 2003, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2024.
- #25,546 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 116 born since 2003
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malaijah ranks #25,546 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 116 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.
- #25,546 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 116
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Malaijah's 116 recorded births place it above 64.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Malaijah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Malaijah splits its recorded history at 2012: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2015 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2003 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Malaijah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2024
- Peak year (2003)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Malaijah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (66 births, 57% of the file).
2010s was Malaijah's strongest decade.
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Malaijah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
39 births
- 2010s
2010s
66 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 66 births (57% of all-time use).
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- Malaijah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (66 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Malaijah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~21 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2003–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Malaijah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.