NameTides

Maliyah

Maliyah was the #626 girls' name in the US in 2025 (467 babies), and #1,512 in England & Wales and #1,495 in Canada.

Maliyah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Maliyah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USScotlandCanadaEngland & Wales
Maliyah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#626 (467)#1,512 (20)#780 (3)—#1,495 (16)
2024#588 (515)#1,353 (24)——#1,409 (17)
2023#531 (572)#1,135 (29)#540 (5)#856 (3)#1,203 (20)
2022#524 (595)#1,081 (31)#625 (4)—#819 (33)
2021#527 (586)#1,007 (34)——#1,110 (23)
2020#464 (665)#1,267 (25)#544 (5)—#901 (30)
2019#408 (766)#1,349 (23)——#757 (38)
2018#420 (740)#1,136 (30)#809 (3)—#889 (31)
2017#395 (790)#1,628 (19)——#794 (35)
2016#429 (758)#1,327 (25)——#794 (35)
2015#434 (728)#1,865 (15)——#910 (29)
2014#436 (735)#1,882 (15)——#1,077 (24)
2013#389 (799)#1,075 (33)——#846 (32)
2012#380 (823)#2,969 (8)——#723 (39)
2011#351 (912)#2,150 (12)——#1,198 (20)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2009 at #295.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1994.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,400 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 3,400uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 13,000rare
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 9,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Maliyah is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,200 to 1 in 3,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Maliyah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #518WIVermont: 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: #748ILMichigan: #638MINew York: #704NYMassachusetts: #564MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #508NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #565IAIndiana: #916INOhio: #483OHPennsylvania: #558PANew Jersey: #846NJConnecticut: #393CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #766CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #584CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #728MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #433VAMaryland: #253MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #676AZNew Mexico: #217NMKansas: #578KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #748TNNorth Carolina: #453NCSouth Carolina: #467SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #697OKLouisiana: #394LAMississippi: #384MSAlabama: #436ALGeorgia: #431GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #615TXFlorida: #555FL
Maliyah (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

Maliyah (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
MaliyahCanadaGirls#1,49516
MaliyahEngland & WalesGirls#1,51220
MaliyahIrelandGirls—too few
MaliyahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MaliyahScotlandGirls#7803
MaliyahUSGirls#626467