# Malia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/malia/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Hawaiian |
| Meaning | “mary”, “calm” |
| Pronunciation | /məˈliː.ə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 31,606 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 31,606 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 734, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian Malia (“Mary”) and in some cases from Mālia (“calm”).

## What it means

Malia is grouped under peace.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,011 | 313 |
| 2012 | 899 | 353 |
| 2013 | 959 | 336 |
| 2014 | 955 | 348 |
| 2015 | 1,031 | 315 |
| 2016 | 1,237 | 259 |
| 2017 | 1,429 | 216 |
| 2018 | 1,280 | 255 |
| 2019 | 1,264 | 262 |
| 2020 | 1,172 | 259 |
| 2021 | 1,204 | 256 |
| 2022 | 1,191 | 265 |
| 2023 | 1,146 | 274 |
| 2024 | 948 | 328 |
| 2025 | 872 | 349 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 2,636 |
| 2012 | 17 | 1,720 |
| 2013 | 21 | 1,484 |
| 2014 | 12 | 2,203 |
| 2015 | 13 | 2,070 |
| 2016 | 31 | 1,112 |
| 2017 | 44 | 870 |
| 2018 | 46 | 815 |
| 2019 | 42 | 864 |
| 2020 | 44 | 821 |
| 2021 | 58 | 667 |
| 2022 | 78 | 509 |
| 2023 | 94 | 433 |
| 2024 | 56 | 676 |
| 2025 | 45 | 807 |

## People named Malia

- Malia Metella, French swimmer
- Malia Baker, Canadian actress
- Malia Pyles, American actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.