Maleia Girl
How popular is Maleia?
#2,859 girl name in 2025
59 baby girls were named Maleia in the US in 2025, making it the 2859th most popular girl name.
Maleia popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,859 for girls (▲ 657 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 59 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+97% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,583 in 2015, #2,966 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2023 (92 girls) |
| Highest rank | #2,090 in 2023 |
| First recorded | 1956 |
| 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 |
Maleia counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Maleia family of names ranked #1,505 for girls in 2025 (#1,601 the year before), with 104 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Maleia | 59 | 57% |
| Maleyah | 24 | 23% |
| Maleya | 15 | 14% |
| Maleiah | 6 | 6% |
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 Maleia is most popular
Babies named Maleia per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (47 girls)
- South Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (41 girls)
- Ohio: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Maleia by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 15 | #3,909 |
| 1960s | 18 | #5,288 |
| 1970s | 18 | #7,294 |
| 1980s | 23 | #8,045 |
| 1990s | 73 | #5,418 |
| 2000s | 300 | #3,459 |
| 2010s | 368 | #3,271 |
| 2020s | 372 | #2,090 |
Girl names about as popular as Maleia
Questions
- Is Maleia a boy or girl name?
- Maleia is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Maleia were girls.
- How popular is the name Maleia?
- 59 baby girls were named Maleia in the US in 2025, making it the 2859th most popular girl name.
- When was Maleia most popular?
- Maleia peaked in 2023, when 92 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,090 in 2023.
- How many people are named Maleia?
- 1,187 babies have been named Maleia in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,174 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Maleia most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Maleia was most common in California, at 0.1 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.