# Maliha (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/maliha/  
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 | 1,424 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,424 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,216, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 93 | 2,082 |
| 2012 | 87 | 2,180 |
| 2013 | 74 | 2,453 |
| 2014 | 57 | 2,998 |
| 2015 | 66 | 2,703 |
| 2016 | 44 | 3,564 |
| 2017 | 57 | 2,919 |
| 2018 | 49 | 3,278 |
| 2019 | 37 | 3,977 |
| 2020 | 57 | 2,876 |
| 2021 | 44 | 3,533 |
| 2022 | 30 | 4,642 |
| 2023 | 42 | 3,689 |
| 2024 | 35 | 4,174 |
| 2025 | 24 | 5,340 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 69 | 583 |
| 2012 | 63 | 654 |
| 2013 | 53 | 743 |
| 2014 | 63 | 640 |
| 2015 | 53 | 735 |
| 2016 | 45 | 837 |
| 2017 | 43 | 889 |
| 2018 | 38 | 952 |
| 2019 | 44 | 838 |
| 2020 | 47 | 771 |
| 2021 | 45 | 801 |
| 2022 | 44 | 809 |
| 2023 | 31 | 1,087 |
| 2024 | 43 | 855 |
| 2025 | 58 | 658 |

## 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.