The first name Maliyah
A girl’s name from Hawaiian.
2 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
Hawaiian origin
Probably a fanciful spelling of Malia, from Hawaiian Malia.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 20 girls were named Maliyah, making it the 1,512th most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 2021, with 34 births (#1,007).
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Maliyah with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Maliyah at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 467 girls born in the United States were named Maliyah, the 626th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 2009, when 1,117 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Questions
- What does the name Maliyah mean?
- Probably a fanciful spelling of Malia, from Hawaiian Malia.
- What is the origin of the name Maliyah?
- Probably a fanciful spelling of Malia, from Hawaiian Malia.
- How popular is the name Maliyah?
- In 2025, 20 girls born in England and Wales were named Maliyah, ranking 1,512th. Its peak was 2021, with 34 births.
- Is Maliyah a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 15,359 US babies named Maliyah since 1880 were girls.
- When was Maliyah most popular?
- 2009 in the United States, when 1,117 babies were named Maliyah, its highest rank at 297th.