Girls' name · since 1993
Maleeha
292 babies named Maleeha in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,144 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,640 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 292
- born since 1993
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Maleeha is the #15640 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 292 recorded since 1993.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maleeha has been recorded 292 times among girls since 1993, currently ranked #15640 nationally and more common than 10% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2025.
- #16,144 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,640 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 292 born since 1993
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maleeha ranks #16,144 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,640 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 292 born since 1993, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,144 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,640 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 292
- born since 1993
- 2010s
- peak decade
Maleeha's 292 recorded births place it above 77.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Maleeha compares
292 45th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Maleeha's all-time total is 22% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maleeha | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 292 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Maleeha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Maleeha's full recorded timeline at 2009, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2025, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2018 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Maleeha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Maleeha by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (118 births, 40% of the file).
2010s was Maleeha's strongest decade.
118 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Maleeha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
59 births
- 2000s
2000s
92 births
- 2010s
2010s
118 births
- 2020s 23
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 118 births (40% of all-time use).
Maleeha by state
Where Maleeha concentrates geographically, total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.7% |
5 of 292 births nationwide.
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What to do with Maleeha's data
- Maleeha's decade-level peak was the 2010s (118 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Maleehas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Maleeha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1993–2025 (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 Maleeha 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.