Girls' name · since 2003
Malliyah
17 babies named Malliyah in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #47,944 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 2003
- 2000s
- peak decade
Malliyah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 17 have been recorded since 2003.
Malliyah has 17 recorded births among girls since 2003, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2008.
- #47,944 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 17 born since 2003
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malliyah ranks #47,944 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 2003, peaking in the 2000s.
- #47,944 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 2003
- 2000s
- peak decade
Malliyah's 17 recorded births place it above 33.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Malliyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Malliyah's SSA record in two at 2004 and the more recent half accounts for 71% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 29%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2003, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2004 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Malliyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2008
- Peak year (2004)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Malliyah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (17 births, 100% of the file).
2000s was Malliyah's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Malliyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 17 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Malliyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~5 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, 2003–2008 (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 Malliyah 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.