Recorded 2008–2023 Girls' name Peak 2010 96 births

Maleiya — girls' name

96 babies named Maleiya in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s182010s552020s23
2010s
Peak decade

57% of everyone ever named Maleiya was born in this single decade.

2010
Single peak year

11 babies were named Maleiya in 2010 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Maleiya

The Social Security Administration has registered 96 babies named Maleiya between 2008 and 2023, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maleiya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Maleiya performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 55 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Maleiya shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Maleiya 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 96 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.

Maleiya at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

96

Since 2008

16 years of records

Peak year

2010

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

2008

Recorded for 16 years

Last year on file: 2023

Maleiya popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2008

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2010)
11
Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
4681012 202320212020201820152014201320122011201020092008 9

Maleiya by decade

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

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
55 births that decade — 57% of Maleiya's all-time total
2000s182010s552020s23

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Maleiya?
96 babies have been named Maleiya since 2008. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2010 with 11 births.
When was Maleiya most popular?
Maleiya was most popular in the 2010s decade with 55 total births. The single peak year was 2010.
How long has the name Maleiya been used?
Maleiya has been recorded in Social Security data since 2008, spanning 16 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Maleiya?
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, 2008–2023 (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.