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Maliah

100% girls · 122 born in 2025

Maliah has been given to about 5,394 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≈ 5,363
Median age today12 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Maliah per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2009 · 356
  • Born in 2025122
  • All time5,394
  • England & Wales, 20255

How popular is Maliah?

Its best year was 2009, when 356 babies were given the name, ranking 795th. The typical living American called Maliah is about 12 years old today. It is relatively most common in Kentucky, where it accounts for 0.02% of births.

Names that sound like Maliah

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Maliyah0.97
  2. Mariah0.88
  3. Aliah0.88
  4. Aliyah0.84
  5. Kaliyah0.85
  6. Jaliyah0.85
  7. Taliyah0.85
  8. Mariyah0.85

Middle names for Maliah

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

Sibling names for Maliah

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Fisherbrother · 0.98
  2. Bodebrother · 0.97
  3. Elinasister · 0.96
  4. Aaravbrother · 0.96
  5. Ayaneither · 0.96
  6. Alissonsister · 0.95

Where Maliah is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state
  1. Kentucky0.02%
  2. Colorado0.01%
  3. Missouri0.01%
  4. Georgia0.01%
  5. Florida0.01%

With a common surname

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

Every figure on this page is public record
  1. United States1880–2025
  2. England & Wales1996–2025
  3. Scotland1974–2020
  4. France1900–2025

Maliah 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.