Maliyah is a girl name with a modern feel, drawn from real birth records. Below you'll find what Maliyah means and where it comes from, plus how many babies have been named Maliyah across the United States, UK, Ireland and New Zealand, how popular Maliyah has been over the decades, and the year it peaked.
Maliyah is a girl name of Modern origin meaning “variant of Maliah or Malia”. A modern respelling related to Malia, a Hawaiian form of Mary.
| Country | Births on record |
|---|---|
| United States since 1880 | 15,359 births |
| England & Wales since 1996 | 352 births |
| Scotland since 1974 | 20 births |
| Ireland since 1964 | 3 births |
Counts come from official national birth-registration statistics: U.S. Social Security Administration, England & Wales (Office for National Statistics), Scotland (National Records of Scotland), Northern Ireland (NISRA), Ireland (Central Statistics Office) and New Zealand (Dept. of Internal Affairs). Coverage spans differ, so totals aren't directly comparable across countries.
Babies named Maliyah per year, United States (1994 to 2025). United States peaked in 2009 (1,117/yr) · England & Wales peaked in 2013 (33/yr) · Scotland peaked in 2020 (5/yr) · Ireland peaked in 2023 (3/yr).
Maliyah has been a fairly common baby name in the United States. It was most common in 2009, when it ranked #599 nationally (given to 1,127 babies that year).
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