Girls' name · since 2018
Malilah
Since 2018, U.S. Social Security records show 20 babies named Malilah, peaking in 2018. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #46,100 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,689 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 20
- born since 2018
- 2010s
- peak decade
20 babies have been named Malilah since 2018, making it today's #16689 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malilah has been recorded 20 times among girls since 2018, currently ranked #16689 nationally and more common than 4% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2018 to 2025.
- #46,100 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,689 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 20 born since 2018
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malilah ranks #46,100 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,689 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 20 born since 2018, peaking in the 2010s.
- #46,100 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,689 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 20
- born since 2018
- 2010s
- peak decade
Malilah's 20 recorded births place it above 35.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Malilah compares
20 8th 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
Malilah's all-time total is 95% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Malilah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 20 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 5 | 21 | 19,840 |
Malilah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Malilah splits its recorded history at 2022: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2018 (5 births).
Malilah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Malilah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (10 births, 50% of the file).
2010s was Malilah's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Malilah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 10 births (50% of all-time use).
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What to do with Malilah's data
- Malilah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (10 total births) through the 2020s (10) -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Malilah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~7 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, 2018–2025 (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 Malilah 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.