Malaysha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Malaysha

The Social Security Administration has registered 516 babies named Malaysha between 1991 and 2023, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Malaysha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 36 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Malaysha performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 239 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Malaysha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by South Carolina and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Malaysha in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Malaysha 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 516 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.