Maliyah
Maliyah is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Maliyah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Maliyah is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Maliyah
Maliyah first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1994, with 21 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2009, when 1,117 Maliyahs were born — ranking #295 that year. As of 2026, Maliyah ranks #606 for baby girls with 497 births, falling sharply (-24%). In total, more than 16K Maliyahs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Maliyah
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About the name Maliyah
Maliyah is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1994 and has accumulated 16K births in the dataset. Maliyah's peak popularity came in 2009 when it ranked #295. Use the chart and map above to compare Maliyah'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.