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Maleah

100% girls · 187 born in 2025

Maleah has been given to about 9,426 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2009, which makes it a millennial-parent name.

Meaning
Origin
Syllables2
Pronunciation
Nicknames
Living in the US≈ 9,356
Median age today15 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Maleah per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2009 · 508
  • Born in 2025187
  • All time9,426
  • England & Wales, 20255

How popular is Maleah?

Its best year was 2009, when 508 babies were given the name, ranking 595th. The typical living American called Maleah is about 15 years old today. It is relatively most common in Arkansas, where it accounts for 0.02% of births.

Names that sound like Maleah

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Aleah0.88
  2. Kaleah0.88
  3. Maliah0.82
  4. Maliyah0.80
  5. Malayah0.74
  6. Leah0.70
  7. Mariah0.70
  8. Aliah0.70

Middle names for Maleah

Ranked by flow score
  1. Maleah Eve0.80
  2. Maleah Elizabeth0.78
  3. Maleah Josephine0.78
  4. Maleah Anne0.78
  5. Maleah Rose0.77
  6. Maleah Louise0.77

Sibling names for Maleah

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Yarelisister · 0.99
  2. Sienasister · 0.97
  3. Aleenasister · 0.97
  4. Blazebrother · 0.97
  5. Cannonbrother · 0.97
  6. Sincerebrother · 0.97

Where Maleah is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state
  1. Arkansas0.02%
  2. Alabama0.02%
  3. Pennsylvania0.02%
  4. Georgia0.01%
  5. Kentucky0.01%

With a common surname

Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
  1. Maleah Anderson0.74
  2. Maleah White0.72
  3. Maleah Reyes0.72
  4. Maleah Nguyen0.72
  5. Maleah Lee0.72
  6. Maleah Green0.72

How to read these numbers

Every score on this page is explained
  1. Phonetic similarity0–1
  2. Middle-name flow0–1
  3. Sibling fit0–1
  4. Living population estimatemethod
  5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Sources for Maleah

Every figure on this page is public record
  1. United States1880–2025
  2. England & Wales1996–2025
  3. Scotland1974–2020

Maleah across America

Share of 2025 births in each state. Darker means more common.
ME
WA
VT
NH
MT
ND
MN
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
ID
SD
IA
IL
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
NV
WY
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
CA
UT
CO
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
AZ
NM
OK
LA
MS
AL
SC
AK
TX
GA
FL
HI
raremost common

Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.