Malia
Malia is ranked 326th among girls in 2024 (946 births). Its best rank was 192nd, in 2009.
- Rank in 2024
- #326down 53 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 9460.06% of girls
- Peak year
- 20091,700 births
- Best rank
- #192in 2009
- Since 1919
- 30,729people given the name
The story in the numbers
30,729 girls have been named Malia in the United States since 1919, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2009, with 1,700 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 348 → 326).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2011, and the 2010s alone account for 36%. It has spent 38 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Malia | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | |
| 1940s | 5 | |
| 1950s | 323 | |
| 1960s | 449 | |
| 1970s | 1,027 | |
| 1980s | 1,442 | |
| 1990s | 2,477 | |
| 2000s | 8,205 | |
| 2010s | 11,138 | |
| 2020s | 5,658 |
In 2009, its biggest year
Malia was the 192nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2009 were Isabella, Emma, Olivia, Sophia and Ava. See all of 2009.
Names that rose and fell with Malia
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Tahliapeak 2009
- Leenapeak 2019
- Avigailpeak 2016
- Yanapeak 2024
- Ameerahpeak 2018
- Lilianapeak 2024
- Raynepeak 2019
- Umapeak 2006
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.