Recorded 1999–2018 Girls' name Peak 2013 94 births

Malayja — girls' name

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.

1990s72000s302010s57
2010s
Peak decade

61% of everyone ever named Malayja was born in this single decade.

2013
Single peak year

12 babies were named Malayja in 2013 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Malayja

The Social Security Administration has registered 94 babies named Malayja between 1999 and 2018, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Malayja currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Malayja performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 57 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Malayja shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Malayja in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 94 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Malayja at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

94

Since 1999

20 years of records

Peak year

2013

12 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1999

Recorded for 20 years

Last year on file: 2018

Malayja popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1999

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2013)
12
Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
468101214 20182015201320122011201020092007200620031999 7

Malayja by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
57 births that decade — 61% of Malayja's all-time total
1990s72000s302010s57

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Malayja?
94 babies have been named Malayja since 1999. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2013 with 12 births.
When was Malayja most popular?
Malayja was most popular in the 2010s decade with 57 total births. The single peak year was 2013.
How long has the name Malayja been used?
Malayja has been recorded in Social Security data since 1999, spanning 20 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Malayja?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Mallory, Malia, Malinda, Maliyah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1999–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.