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Malayah

100% girls · 223 born in 2025

Malayah has been given to about 4,367 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2022, which makes it a current name.

Meaning
Origin
Syllables2
Pronunciation
Nicknames
Living in the US≈ 4,344
Median age today9 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Malayah per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & Waleseach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2022 · 333
  • Born in 2025223
  • All time4,367
  • England & Wales, 20257

How popular is Malayah?

Its best year was 2022, when 333 babies were given the name, ranking 842nd. The typical living American called Malayah is about 9 years old today. It is relatively most common in Mississippi, where it accounts for 0.03% of births.

Names that sound like Malayah

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Alayah0.89
  2. Maliyah0.84
  3. Maliah0.81
  4. Malaya0.79
  5. Amayah0.79
  6. Alanah0.79
  7. Aaliyah0.75
  8. Alannah0.76

Middle names for Malayah

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

Sibling names for Malayah

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Yahyabrother · 0.99
  2. Ayaneither · 0.99
  3. Bodebrother · 0.99
  4. Seraphinasister · 0.99
  5. Zamirbrother · 0.98
  6. Emilianasister · 0.98

Where Malayah is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state
  1. Mississippi0.03%
  2. Kansas0.02%
  3. Michigan0.02%
  4. South Carolina0.02%
  5. Pennsylvania0.02%

With a common surname

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

Every figure on this page is public record
  1. United States1880–2025
  2. England & Wales1996–2025

Malayah 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.