Malayla — #8261 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Malayla

The Social Security Administration has registered 304 babies named Malayla between 2004 and 2024, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Malayla currently holds the #8261 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Malayla performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 174 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Malayla shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Malayla in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Malayla 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 304 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.