Recorded 1994–2025 · United States
Malayah was most popular in 2022, when 333 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,582 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,055, with 223 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 4,367 people named Malayah.
Malayah first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1994, which makes it about 31 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 30 of the 32 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 4,367 American births named Malayah between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 4,337 are estimated to be alive today.
223 American babies were named Malayah in 2025, ranking #2,055 that year.
Malayah is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 273 births a year, against 195 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +40% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Malayah is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 4,367 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 4,337 Americans named Malayah are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 9 years old, and half are between 5 and 14. That is a narrow band because Malayah is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org