Maliyah

“Variant of Malia — Hawaiian form of Mary; also glossed as calm” — Hawaiian origin

Girl's name · #626 in the US (2025) · 2010s

Maliyah has appeared in US records since 1994 — best rank #295 (2009) · 15,359 babies named Maliyah all-time · 1 in 3,400 girls born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 6,000 girls in Scotland (2025) · about 1 in 7,700 girls in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 13,000 girls in England & Wales (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 34 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

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