Maleah
Maléa is a town and sub-prefecture in the Siguiri Prefecture in the Kankan Region of northern Guinea, near the border of Mali.
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Meaning & Origin of Maleah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Maléa is a town and sub-prefecture in the Siguiri Prefecture in the Kankan Region of northern Guinea, near the border of Mali.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Maleah
Maleah first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1956, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2009, when 508 Maleahs were born — ranking #593 that year. As of 2026, Maleah ranks #1,327 for baby girls with 171 births, falling sharply (-40%). In total, more than 10K Maleahs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1950s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Maleah
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About the name Maleah
Maleah is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1956 and has accumulated 10K births in the dataset. Maleah's peak popularity came in 2009 when it ranked #593. Use the chart and map above to compare Maleah's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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