Recorded 2017–2021 Girls' name Peak 2021 16 births

Malaylah — girls' name

16 babies named Malaylah in U.S. Social Security records since 2017, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2010s102020s6
2010s
Peak decade

63% of everyone ever named Malaylah was born in this single decade.

2021
Single peak year

6 babies were named Malaylah in 2021 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Malaylah

The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Malaylah between 2017 and 2021, spanning 5 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Malaylah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Malaylah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Malaylah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Malaylah 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 16 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.

Malaylah at a glance

Last recorded 2021

Total births

16

Since 2017

5 years of records

Peak year

2021

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2021

Active since

2017

Recorded for 5 years

Last year on file: 2021

Malaylah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2017

Last recorded 2021
Peak year (2021)
6
Annual births at peak — across 5 years of records
4.555.566.5 202120182017 5

Malaylah by decade

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

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
10 births that decade — 63% of Malaylah's all-time total
2010s102020s6

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Malaylah?
16 babies have been named Malaylah since 2017. It was last recorded in 2021. The peak year was 2021 with 6 births.
When was Malaylah most popular?
Malaylah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 10 total births. The single peak year was 2021.
How long has the name Malaylah been used?
Malaylah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2017, spanning 5 years of data through 2021.
What names are similar to Malaylah?
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, 2017–2021 (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.