Malayna — #4599 US girls' name
1,367 babies named Malayna in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 74% of names given to girls today.
42% of everyone ever named Malayna was born in this single decade.
106 babies were named Malayna in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Malayna
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,367 babies named Malayna between 1987 and 2024, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Malayna currently holds the #4599 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 106 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Malayna performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 576 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Malayna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 47 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Malayna in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Malayna 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 1,367 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.
Malayna at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Malayna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1987
- Peak year (2004)
- 106
- Annual births at peak — across 38 years of records
Currently ranks #4599 among girls.
1,367 total births across 38 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 106 births in a single year.
Malayna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 576 births that decade — 42% of Malayna's all-time total
Malayna decade highlights
- Peak decade 576 births
- Runner-up 457 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Malayna's strongest decade
576 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Malayna by state
Where Malayna concentrates geographically — total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 47 | 3.4% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 44 | 3.2% |
| #3 | Texas | | 30 | 2.2% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 29 | 2.1% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 21 | 1.5% |
| #6 | Minnesota | | 19 | 1.4% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 16 | 1.2% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 13 | 1.0% |
47 of 1,367 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 3.4% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 3.2% of nationwide
- Texas 2.2% of nationwide
- Ohio 2.1% of nationwide
- Michigan 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 11 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Malayna appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1987–2024 (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.