Girls' name · since 2005
Malaiyah
432 babies named Malaiyah in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,913 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,522 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 432
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Malaiyah currently ranks #5522 among girls' names in America, with 432 babies recorded since 2005.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malaiyah has been recorded 432 times among girls since 2005, currently ranked #5522 nationally and more common than 68% of girls, 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 2005 to 2025.
- #12,913 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,522 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 432 born since 2005
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malaiyah ranks #12,913 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,522 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 432 born since 2005, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,913 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,522 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 432
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Malaiyah's 432 recorded births place it above 82.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Malaiyah compares
432 Top 48% higher than 52% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Malaiyah's all-time total is 15% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Malaiyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 432 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 48 | 21 | 19,840 |
Malaiyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Malaiyah's full recorded timeline at 2015, 70% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 30% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2006, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 48 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Malaiyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 48
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Malaiyah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (203 births, 47% of the file).
2010s was Malaiyah's strongest decade.
203 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Malaiyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 42
2000s
42 births
- 2010s
2010s
203 births
- 2020s
2020s
187 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 203 births (47% of all-time use).
Malaiyah by state
Where Malaiyah concentrates geographically, total births since 2005
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 19 | 4.4% |
| #2 | Florida | | 10 | 2.3% |
| #3 | California | | 7 | 1.6% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 5 | 1.2% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 5 | 1.2% |
19 of 432 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Malaiyah's data
- Malaiyah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (203 total births) through the 2020s (187) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Malaiyahs (19 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Malaiyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~20 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, 2005–2025 (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 Malaiyah 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.