NameTides

Maleah

Maleah was the #1,211 girls' name in the US in 2025 (187 babies), and #4,201 in England & Wales and #2,730 in Canada.

Maleah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Maleah 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Maleah 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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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#1,211 (187)#4,201 (5)#2,730 (7)
2024#1,207 (196)#4,193 (5)#2,445 (8)
2023#1,098 (223)#2,928 (8)#2,203 (9)
2022#992 (266)—#1,415 (16)
2021#879 (310)#2,942 (8)#2,021 (10)
2020#871 (309)#3,117 (7)#1,877 (11)
2019#684 (424)#3,151 (7)#1,683 (13)
2018#796 (342)#3,985 (5)#2,151 (9)
2017#760 (366)#4,763 (4)#1,784 (12)
2016#757 (377)#4,763 (4)#1,906 (11)
2015#832 (337)#4,103 (5)#2,011 (10)
2014#683 (415)#4,684 (4)#1,229 (20)
2013#608 (461)#5,742 (3)#2,058 (10)
2012#637 (449)#5,876 (3)#1,248 (20)
2011#614 (471)—#1,305 (18)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2009 at #594.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1956.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,600 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 8,600uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 50,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 21,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Maleah is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 10,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 9,400 to 1 in 11,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Maleah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: 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: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #965MINew York: #1,654NYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,134OHPennsylvania: #647PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,830CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #744KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #905NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #633ALGeorgia: #748GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,062TXFlorida: #864FL
Maleah (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
MaleahCanadaGirls#2,7307
MaleahEngland & WalesGirls#4,2015
MaleahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MaleahUSGirls#1,211187