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Girl's name · #626 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave
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.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 34 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#780 in Scotland (2025) · #970 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,495 in Canada (2025) · #1,512 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,203 in Sweden (2025) · #5,782 in France (2025) · #2,998 in Austria (2024) · #709 in Netherlands (2023) · #856 in Ireland (2023) · #1,371 in Belgium (2023).
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.
Similar names: Maleah · Kai · Maci · Jaliyah · Kalani · Kalea
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