Malia

What Malia means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Malia yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Down from #315 in 2015 to #349 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Malia?

US: Falling: down from #315 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #2070 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2009, when 1,700 girls got the name (#192 that year). First in the US records in 1919.

How common

• About 1 in 1,843 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 5,628 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,556 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in HI (8.39 per 1,000 girls), MT (2.12 per 1,000 girls), RI (2.04 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Malia is #349 in the US and #807 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Malia were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Maleah187 US · 5 E&W
• Maliah122 US · 5 E&W
• Mylie58 US · 27 E&W
• Melia70 US · 6 E&W
• Maylie57 US · 3 E&W
• Maleia59 US
• Mallie54 US · 3 E&W
• Maelie43 US · 3 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Malia

Girls

• Piper#155Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #67 in 2015, #155 in 2025
• Bella#136Form of Isabel, meaning “my God is an oath”^*
• Serenity#129Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #129 vs #997 in 2025
• Mia#6Editor’s note Steady in the US: #6 in 2015 and #6 in 2025. About 1 in 150 US girls in the 2025 records
• Avery#37Editor’s note Used for both: 82% of US babies named Avery in 2025 were girls
• Brynlee#243Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1995, with 5 babies

For a brother

• Finn#206“the Sami”^*
• Josiah#54Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #54 vs #226 in 2025
• Jaxon#115Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #44 in 2015, #115 in 2025
• Ronan#247Irish, meaning “little seal”^*
• Owen#31Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #31 vs #170 in 2025
• Julian#25“Roman personal name”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Malia’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.