Girls' name · since 1995
Malaja
Since 1995, U.S. Social Security records show 48 babies named Malaja, peaking in 2005. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #35,496 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 48
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Malaja sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 48 recorded since 1995.
Malaja has 48 recorded births among girls since 1995, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2014.
- #35,496 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 48 born since 1995
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malaja ranks #35,496 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 48 born since 1995, peaking in the 2000s.
- #35,496 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 48
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Malaja's 48 recorded births place it above 50.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Malaja's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Malaja's full recorded timeline at 2006, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1995, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Malaja popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2014
- Peak year (2005)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Malaja by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (32 births, 67% of the file).
2000s was Malaja's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Malaja births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
32 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 32 births (67% of all-time use).
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- Malaja's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (32 total births) through the 2010s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Malaja: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~19 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, 1995–2014 (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 Malaja 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.