Girls' name · since 2005

Maliana

38 babies named Maliana in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#38,231 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#16,134 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
38
born since 2005
2020s
peak decade

Yes -- Maliana is the #16134 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 38 recorded since 2005.

Social Security Administration records show Maliana recorded 38 times among girls since 2005, holding rank #16134 nationally today, ahead of 7% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2025.

  • #38,231 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #16,134 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 38 born since 2005
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maliana ranks #38,231 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,134 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 38 born since 2005, peaking in the 2020s.

#38,231 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#16,134 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
38
born since 2005
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%6.7%
Maliana vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Maliana's 38 recorded births place it above 46.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Maliana compares

38 13th 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

Maliana's all-time total is 90% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Maliana Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 38 376 567,345
Peak-year births 7 21 19,840

Maliana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Maliana's SSA record in two at 2019 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2005, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Maliana popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2021)
7
Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 2005201020112019202120222025 5

Maliana by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (17 births, 45% of the file).

2020s was Maliana's strongest decade.

17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.

Maliana births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 17 births (45% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Maliana?
38 babies have been named Maliana since 2005. All-time, it sits at #38,231 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #16,134 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2021 with 7 births.
Where does Maliana sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maliana ranks #38,231 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,134 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Maliana most popular?
Maliana was most popular in the 2020s decade with 17 total births. The single peak year was 2021.
How long has the name Maliana been used?
The SSA has tracked Maliana since 2005 -- 21 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Maliana?
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.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Maliana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2005–2025 (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 Maliana 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.