Girls' name · since 1999
Malayja
94 babies named Malayja in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,817 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 94
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Malayja is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 94 have been recorded since 1999.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malayja has been recorded 94 times among girls since 1999, 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 1999 to 2018.
- #27,817 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 94 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malayja ranks #27,817 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 94 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #27,817 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 94
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Malayja's 94 recorded births place it above 61.49% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Malayja's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Malayja's full recorded timeline at 2010, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2003, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2013 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Malayja popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2018
- Peak year (2013)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Malayja by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (57 births, 61% of the file).
2010s was Malayja's strongest decade.
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Malayja births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2000s
2000s
30 births
- 2010s
2010s
57 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 57 births (61% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Malayja: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1999–2018 (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 Malayja 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.