Maliyah

Girl · recorded 1994–2025

  • #626in 2025
  • 1 in 3,441girls in 2025
  • −29%last ten years
  • 3.8×in Mississippi

Most popular in 2009. Quieter now: down 29% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1994

030460819942002201020172025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 32 recorded years as a table
Maliyah, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
199412
199514
199621
199740
199844
199949
200068
2001106
2002139
2003162
2004142
2005160
2006161
2007200
2008254
2009608
2010501
2011518
2012467
2013455
2014411
2015408
2016428
2017458
2018435
2019456
2020411
2021357
2022363
2023356
2024318
2025291

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Mississippi 3.8×
  2. Georgia 2.4×
  3. Louisiana 2.3×
  4. Alabama 2.2×
  5. Maryland 2.2×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
467
Rank in 2025
#626
How rare
1 in 3,441 girls
Since 1994
15,359

Most popular in 2009, at 608 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 29% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Mississippi3.8×33
Georgia2.4×106
Louisiana2.3×38
Alabama2.2×40
Maryland2.2×43

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.