Girls' name · since 1977
Maleeka
246 babies named Maleeka in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,757 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,391 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 246
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Maleeka is the #15391 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 246 recorded since 1977.
Maleeka has 246 recorded births among girls since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15391 as of the latest data, more common than 11% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2025.
- #17,757 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,391 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 246 born since 1977
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maleeka ranks #17,757 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,391 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 246 born since 1977, peaking in the 1990s.
- #17,757 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,391 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 246
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
Maleeka's 246 recorded births place it above 75.43% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Maleeka compares
246 41st 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
Maleeka's all-time total is 35% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maleeka | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 246 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Maleeka's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Maleeka's SSA record in two at 1998 and the more recent half accounts for 42% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 58%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1977, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1991 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Maleeka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2025
- Peak year (1991)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Maleeka by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (110 births, 45% of the file).
1990s was Maleeka's strongest decade.
110 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Maleeka births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 19
1970s
19 births
- 1980s 29
1980s
29 births
- 1990s
1990s
110 births
- 2000s 19
2000s
19 births
- 2010s
2010s
51 births
- 2020s 18
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 110 births (45% of all-time use).
Maleeka by state
Where Maleeka concentrates geographically, total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 10 | 4.1% |
10 of 246 births nationwide.
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What to do with Maleeka's data
- Maleeka's decade-level peak was the 1990s (110 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Maleekas (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Maleeka: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~48 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, 1977–2025 (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 Maleeka 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.