Malea Girl
How popular is Malea?
#5,721 girl name in 2025
21 baby girls were named Malea in the US in 2025, making it the 5721st most popular girl name.
Malea popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #5,721 for girls (▼ 1515 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 21 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-65% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,890 in 2015, #3,675 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2009 (100 girls) |
| Highest rank | #2,000 in 2003 |
| First recorded | 1954 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Malea counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Maleah family of names ranked #930 for girls in 2025 (#934 the year before), with 230 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Maleah | 187 | 81% |
| Malea | 21 | 9% |
| Maylea | 15 | 7% |
| Mailea | 7 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Malea is most popular
Babies named Malea per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Pennsylvania: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Malea by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 81 | #2,155 |
| 1960s | 101 | #3,548 |
| 1970s | 135 | #3,078 |
| 1980s | 192 | #3,147 |
| 1990s | 368 | #2,468 |
| 2000s | 831 | #2,000 |
| 2010s | 609 | #2,258 |
| 2020s | 223 | #3,434 |
Girl names about as popular as Malea
Questions
- Is Malea a boy or girl name?
- Malea is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Malea were girls.
- How popular is the name Malea?
- 21 baby girls were named Malea in the US in 2025, making it the 5721st most popular girl name.
- When was Malea most popular?
- Malea peaked in 2009, when 100 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,000 in 2003.
- How many people are named Malea?
- 2,540 babies have been named Malea in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,486 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 21.
- Where is Malea most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Malea was most common in Pennsylvania, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.