# Maliah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/maliah/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,394 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5,394 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 142, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Probably a respelling of Malia.

## 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 | 289 | 904 |
| 2012 | 278 | 924 |
| 2013 | 347 | 786 |
| 2014 | 287 | 942 |
| 2015 | 297 | 925 |
| 2016 | 315 | 892 |
| 2017 | 285 | 930 |
| 2018 | 261 | 1,001 |
| 2019 | 283 | 934 |
| 2020 | 223 | 1,096 |
| 2021 | 210 | 1,165 |
| 2022 | 209 | 1,161 |
| 2023 | 202 | 1,194 |
| 2024 | 123 | 1,673 |
| 2025 | 122 | 1,688 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2012 | 10 | 2,521 |
| 2013 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,547 |
| 2017 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2018 | 12 | 2,187 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2020 | 19 | 1,556 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,942 |
| 2022 | 13 | 2,058 |
| 2023 | 13 | 2,063 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,411 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,201 |

## 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.