Maliha — #4141 US girls' name
1,400 babies named Maliha in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 77% of names given to girls today.
46% of everyone ever named Maliha was born in this single decade.
100 babies were named Maliha in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Maliha
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,400 babies named Maliha between 1982 and 2024, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maliha currently holds the #4141 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 100 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Maliha performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 642 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Maliha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 248 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Maliha in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Maliha 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 1,400 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.
Maliha at a glance
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Current rank
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Maliha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1982
- Peak year (2009)
- 100
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
Currently ranks #4141 among girls.
1,400 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 100 births in a single year.
Maliha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 642 births that decade — 46% of Maliha's all-time total
Maliha decade highlights
- Peak decade 642 births
- Runner-up 396 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Maliha's strongest decade
642 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Maliha by state
Where Maliha concentrates geographically — total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 248 | 17.7% |
| #2 | California | | 80 | 5.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 58 | 4.1% |
| #4 | Florida | | 41 | 2.9% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 26 | 1.9% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 23 | 1.6% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 21 | 1.5% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 7 | 0.5% |
248 of 1,400 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 17.7% of nationwide
- California 5.7% of nationwide
- Texas 4.1% of nationwide
- Florida 2.9% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 10 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 17.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Maliha appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1982–2024 (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.