Recorded 1993–2023 Girls' name Peak 2018 287 births

Maleeha — girls' name

287 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.

1990s592000s922010s1182020s18
2010s
Peak decade

41% of everyone ever named Maleeha was born in this single decade.

2018
Single peak year

17 babies were named Maleeha in 2018 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Maleeha

The Social Security Administration has registered 287 babies named Maleeha between 1993 and 2023, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maleeha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Maleeha performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 118 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Maleeha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Maleeha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Maleeha 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 287 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.

Maleeha at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

287

Since 1993

31 years of records

Peak year

2018

17 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

1993

Recorded for 31 years

Last year on file: 2023

Maleeha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1993

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2018)
17
Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
5101520 20232017201320092003199919951993 8

Maleeha by decade

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

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
118 births that decade — 41% of Maleeha's all-time total
1990s592000s922010s1182020s18

Maleeha by state

Where Maleeha concentrates geographically — total births since 1993

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Maleeha
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 1.7%
California share of Maleeha's total US births 1.7%

5 of 287 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Maleeha?
287 babies have been named Maleeha since 1993. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2018 with 17 births.
When was Maleeha most popular?
Maleeha was most popular in the 2010s decade with 118 total births. The single peak year was 2018.
Where is Maleeha most popular?
The top states for the name Maleeha are California (5 births).
How long has the name Maleeha been used?
Maleeha has been recorded in Social Security data since 1993, spanning 31 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Maleeha?
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, 1993–2023 (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.