NameTides

Malayah

Malayah was the #1,082 girls' name in the US in 2025 (223 babies), and #3,333 in England & Wales and #2,475 in Canada.

Malayah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Malayah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Malayah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,082 (223)#3,333 (7)#2,475 (8)
2024#1,066 (233)#2,116 (13)#3,383 (5)
2023#967 (267)#2,063 (13)#2,366 (8)
2022#840 (333)#1,849 (15)#3,228 (5)
2021#884 (307)#1,962 (14)#2,616 (7)
2020#942 (272)#2,163 (12)#2,591 (7)
2019#909 (291)#4,686 (4)#1,922 (11)
2018#1,096 (228)#4,684 (4)#3,286 (5)
2017#1,046 (246)#4,763 (4)—
2016#1,078 (241)—#3,294 (5)
2015#1,199 (208)#4,736 (4)—
2014#1,183 (207)—#3,316 (5)
2013#1,144 (210)#4,739 (4)—
2012#1,351 (173)—#2,601 (7)
2011#1,324 (176)#4,764 (4)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #840.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1994.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,200 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 7,200uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 36,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 19,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Malayah is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 8,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 6,800 to 1 in 9,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Malayah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #791WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #852ILMichigan: #553MINew York: #1,312NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #1,032INOhio: #668OHPennsylvania: #647PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,149CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,037VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #578KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,057NCSouth Carolina: #688SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: #514MSAlabama: #716ALGeorgia: #796GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,790TXFlorida: #825FL
Malayah (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MalayahCanadaGirls#2,4758
MalayahEngland & WalesGirls#3,3337
MalayahUSGirls#1,082223