Girls' name · since 2003
Maleeyah
234 babies named Maleeyah in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,242 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 234
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
234 girls have been named Maleeyah since 2003, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Maleeyah recorded 234 times among girls since 2003, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2024.
- #18,242 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 234 born since 2003
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maleeyah ranks #18,242 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 234 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,242 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 234
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Maleeyah's 234 recorded births place it above 74.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Maleeyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Maleeyah's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2004, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2009 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Maleeyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2024
- Peak year (2009)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Maleeyah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (145 births, 62% of the file).
2010s was Maleeyah's strongest decade.
145 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Maleeyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 57
2000s
57 births
- 2010s
2010s
145 births
- 2020s 32
2020s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 145 births (62% of all-time use).
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- Maleeyah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (145 total births); usage has since declined to 32 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 Maleeyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~21 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, 2003–2024 (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 Maleeyah 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.