Girls' name · since 1985
Maleaha
190 babies named Maleaha in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,353 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 190
- born since 1985
- 2010s
- peak decade
Maleaha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 190 recorded since 1985.
Maleaha has 190 recorded births among girls since 1985, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2020.
- #20,353 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 190 born since 1985
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maleaha ranks #20,353 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 190 born since 1985, peaking in the 2010s.
- #20,353 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 190
- born since 1985
- 2010s
- peak decade
Maleaha's 190 recorded births place it above 71.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Maleaha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Maleaha's full recorded timeline at 2009, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1985, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Maleaha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2020
- Peak year (2009)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Maleaha by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (84 births, 44% of the file).
2010s was Maleaha's strongest decade.
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Maleaha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 13
1990s
13 births
- 2000s
2000s
83 births
- 2010s
2010s
84 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 84 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Maleaha's decade-level peak was the 2010s (84 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Maleaha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~35 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1985–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Maleaha draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.