Maliyah

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

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

Maliyah reached its best rank, #297, in 2009 and ranked #626 in 2025. About 15,000 girls have carried it since 1994. Maliyah climbed sharply in 2009, with SSA linking this spelling’s rise to the visibility of Malia Obama. Together with its spelling variants Malia (#349) and Maliah (#1688), Maliyah would rank around #208 with about 1,500 births last year — the newborns split about 60/32/8 across Malia, Maliyah, and Maliah.

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.

Similar names: Maleah · Kai · Maci · Jaliyah · Kalani · Kalea

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