# Maliyah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/maliyah/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 15,359 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 15,359 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 386, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Probably a fanciful spelling of Malia, from Hawaiian 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 | 912 | 351 |
| 2012 | 823 | 382 |
| 2013 | 799 | 389 |
| 2014 | 735 | 436 |
| 2015 | 728 | 435 |
| 2016 | 758 | 429 |
| 2017 | 790 | 395 |
| 2018 | 740 | 422 |
| 2019 | 766 | 408 |
| 2020 | 665 | 464 |
| 2021 | 586 | 527 |
| 2022 | 595 | 524 |
| 2023 | 572 | 531 |
| 2024 | 515 | 588 |
| 2025 | 467 | 626 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 2,150 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,969 |
| 2013 | 33 | 1,075 |
| 2014 | 15 | 1,882 |
| 2015 | 15 | 1,865 |
| 2016 | 25 | 1,327 |
| 2017 | 19 | 1,628 |
| 2018 | 30 | 1,136 |
| 2019 | 23 | 1,349 |
| 2020 | 25 | 1,267 |
| 2021 | 34 | 1,007 |
| 2022 | 31 | 1,081 |
| 2023 | 29 | 1,135 |
| 2024 | 24 | 1,353 |
| 2025 | 20 | 1,512 |

## 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.