Girls' name · since 2009
Maleiyah
128 babies named Maleiyah in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,419 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,311 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 128
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
128 babies have been named Maleiyah since 2009, making it today's #16311 girls' name.
Maleiyah has 128 recorded births among girls since 2009, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #16311 as of the latest data, more common than 6% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2025.
- #24,419 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,311 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 128 born since 2009
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maleiyah ranks #24,419 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,311 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 128 born since 2009, peaking in the 2010s.
- #24,419 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,311 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 128
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Maleiyah's 128 recorded births place it above 66.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Maleiyah compares
128 29th 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
Maleiyah's all-time total is 66% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maleiyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 128 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Maleiyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Maleiyah splits its recorded history at 2017: 42% of all births land in the more recent half, 58% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2016 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2010 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Maleiyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Maleiyah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (86 births, 67% of the file).
2010s was Maleiyah's strongest decade.
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Maleiyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 8
2000s
8 births
- 2010s
2010s
86 births
- 2020s 34
2020s
34 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 86 births (67% of all-time use).
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- Maleiyah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (86 total births) through the 2020s (34) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Maleiyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~16 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, 2009–2025 (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 Maleiyah 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.