Girls' name · since 1996
Malya
Malya has 284 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,391 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,366 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 284
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Malya currently ranks #11366 among girls' names in America, with 284 babies recorded since 1996.
Malya has 284 recorded births among girls since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11366 as of the latest data, more common than 34% 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 1996 to 2025.
- #16,391 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,366 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 284 born since 1996
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malya ranks #16,391 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,366 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 284 born since 1996, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,391 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,366 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 284
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Malya's 284 recorded births place it above 77.33% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Malya compares
284 44th 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
Malya's all-time total is 24% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Malya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 284 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 21 | 19,840 |
Malya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Malya splits its recorded history at 2010: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2000 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2016 peak of 20 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Malya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Malya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (100 births, 35% of the file).
2010s was Malya's strongest decade.
100 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Malya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 31
1990s
31 births
- 2000s
2000s
97 births
- 2010s
2010s
100 births
- 2020s
2020s
56 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 100 births (35% of all-time use).
Malya by state
Where Malya concentrates geographically, total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 1.8% |
5 of 284 births nationwide.
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What to do with Malya's data
- Malya's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (100 total births) through the 2020s (56) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Malyas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Malya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1996–2025 (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 Malya 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.