Recorded 2002–2019 Girls' name Peak 2009 72 births

Malyia — girls' name

72 babies named Malyia in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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2000s
Peak decade

60% of everyone ever named Malyia was born in this single decade.

2009
Single peak year

15 babies were named Malyia in 2009 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Malyia

The Social Security Administration has registered 72 babies named Malyia between 2002 and 2019, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Malyia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Malyia performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 43 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Malyia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Malyia 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 72 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.

Malyia at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

72

Since 2002

18 years of records

Peak year

2009

15 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

2002

Recorded for 18 years

Last year on file: 2019

Malyia popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2002

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2009)
15
Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
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Malyia by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
43 births that decade — 60% of Malyia's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Malyia?
72 babies have been named Malyia since 2002. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2009 with 15 births.
When was Malyia most popular?
Malyia was most popular in the 2000s decade with 43 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
How long has the name Malyia been used?
Malyia has been recorded in Social Security data since 2002, spanning 18 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Malyia?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Mallory, Malia, Malinda, Maliyah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 2002–2019 (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.