Maleigha — #5342 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Maleigha

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,461 babies named Maleigha between 1991 and 2024, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maleigha currently holds the #5342 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 111 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Maleigha performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 692 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Maleigha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 81 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Maleigha in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Maleigha 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 1,461 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.