Recorded 1919–2025 · United States
Malia was most popular in 2009, when 1,700 American babies were given the name — ranking #413 that year. In 2025 it ranked #729, with 872 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 31,606 people named Malia.
Malia first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1919, which makes it about 106 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 75 of the 107 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 31,606 American births named Malia 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 31,174 are estimated to be alive today.
872 American babies were named Malia in 2025, ranking #729 that year.
Malia is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 1,072 births a year, against 971 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +10% 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 Malia is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 31,606 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 31,174 Americans named Malia are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 15 years old, and half are between 8 and 23.
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