NameTides

Maliah

Maliah was the #1,684 girls' name in the US in 2025 (122 babies), and #4,201 in England & Wales.

Maliah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Maliah 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.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Maliah 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#1,684 (122)#4,201 (5)—
2024#1,664 (123)#2,412 (11)#2,102 (10)
2023#1,186 (202)#2,063 (13)#2,604 (7)
2022#1,159 (209)#2,058 (13)#2,553 (7)
2021#1,162 (210)#2,942 (8)#1,335 (18)
2020#1,093 (223)#1,556 (19)#1,877 (11)
2019#933 (283)#4,001 (5)#2,025 (10)
2018#999 (261)#2,187 (12)#1,741 (12)
2017#928 (285)#2,201 (12)#1,784 (12)
2016#891 (315)#2,547 (10)#2,595 (7)
2015#923 (297)#4,736 (4)#2,011 (10)
2014#941 (287)#4,003 (5)#2,185 (9)
2013#784 (347)#3,160 (7)#1,792 (12)
2012#924 (278)#2,521 (10)#1,695 (13)
2011#902 (289)#5,785 (3)#1,588 (14)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2013 at #784.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1991.

How common is it?

about 1 in 13,000 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 13,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 50,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Maliah is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 15,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 11,000 to 1 in 21,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Maliah 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: #1,210MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,392PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,491CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #789CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #926MOKentucky: #653KYWest 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: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #984GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,038TXFlorida: #1,055FL
Maliah (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,1819

Maliah (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MaliahCanadaGirls—too few
MaliahEngland & WalesGirls#4,2015
MaliahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MaliahUSGirls#1,684122