Girls' name · since 1998
Malyah
Malyah has 300 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2010 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,904 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,907 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 300
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Malyah is the #13907 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 300 recorded since 1998.
Social Security Administration records show Malyah recorded 300 times among girls since 1998, holding rank #13907 nationally today, ahead of 20% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #15,904 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,907 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 300 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malyah ranks #15,904 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,907 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 300 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #15,904 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,907 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 300
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Malyah's 300 recorded births place it above 77.99% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Malyah compares
300 45th 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
Malyah's all-time total is 20% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Malyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 300 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 21 | 19,840 |
Malyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Malyah splits its recorded history at 2013: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2005 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2010 peak of 25 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Malyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Malyah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (159 births, 53% of the file).
2010s was Malyah's strongest decade.
159 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Malyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
79 births
- 2010s
2010s
159 births
- 2020s 56
2020s
56 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 159 births (53% of all-time use).
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- Malyah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (159 total births) through the 2020s (56) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Malyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1998–2025 (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 Malyah 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.