Girls' name · since 2010
Malayha
16 babies named Malayha in U.S. Social Security records since 2010, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #48,975 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
16 girls have been named Malayha since 2010, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Malayha recorded 16 times among girls since 2010, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2010 to 2014.
- #48,975 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 16 born since 2010
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malayha ranks #48,975 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 2010, peaking in the 2010s.
- #48,975 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
Malayha's 16 recorded births place it above 31.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Malayha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Malayha splits its recorded history at 2012: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2010 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2012 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Malayha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2014
- Peak year (2012)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2014.
16 total births across 5 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 6 births in a single year.
Malayha by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (16 births, 100% of the file).
2010s was Malayha's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Malayha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 16 births (100% of all-time use).
Malayha decade highlights
- Peak decade 16 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Two nationwide peer axes for Malayha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~4 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, 2010–2014 (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 Malayha 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.
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