Girls' name · since 2009
Malaila
18 babies named Malaila in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #47,130 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
18 girls have been named Malaila since 2009, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malaila has been recorded 18 times among girls since 2009, 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 2009 to 2014.
- #47,130 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 18 born since 2009
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malaila ranks #47,130 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 18 born since 2009, peaking in the 2010s.
- #47,130 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Malaila's 18 recorded births place it above 34.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Malaila's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Malaila's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 72% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 28%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2009, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2013 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Malaila popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2014
- Peak year (2013)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Malaila by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (13 births, 72% of the file).
2010s was Malaila's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Malaila births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 13 births (72% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Malaila: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~5 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, 2009–2014 (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 Malaila 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.