Recorded 2004–2022 Girls' name Peak 2012 158 births

Malayjah — girls' name

158 babies named Malayjah in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s462010s952020s17
2010s
Peak decade

60% of everyone ever named Malayjah was born in this single decade.

2012
Single peak year

17 babies were named Malayjah in 2012 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Malayjah

The Social Security Administration has registered 158 babies named Malayjah between 2004 and 2022, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Malayjah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Malayjah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 95 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Malayjah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Malayjah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Malayjah 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 158 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.

Malayjah at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

158

Since 2004

19 years of records

Peak year

2012

17 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

2004

Recorded for 19 years

Last year on file: 2022

Malayjah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2004

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2012)
17
Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
05101520 2022201920152012200920052004 6

Malayjah by decade

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

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
95 births that decade — 60% of Malayjah's all-time total
2000s462010s952020s17

Malayjah by state

Where Malayjah concentrates geographically — total births since 2004

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Malayjah
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Louisiana
10 6.3%
Louisiana share of Malayjah's total US births 6.3%

10 of 158 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Malayjah?
158 babies have been named Malayjah since 2004. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2012 with 17 births.
When was Malayjah most popular?
Malayjah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 95 total births. The single peak year was 2012.
Where is Malayjah most popular?
The top states for the name Malayjah are Louisiana (10 births).
How long has the name Malayjah been used?
Malayjah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2004, spanning 19 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Malayjah?
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.

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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, 2004–2022 (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.