Given name
Maliha
“a beautiful woman of great strength”
Maliha is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “a beautiful woman of great strength.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “a beautiful woman of great strength.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maliha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,424
- 0 boys · 1,424 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 100 babies
- 2025
- 24
- #5,340 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −28%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 24 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,340 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 28.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 100 in 2009. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,784 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Maliha’s family of names
Maliha has a related form in Maleeha. Maliha has a related form in Maleaha. Maliha has a related form in Maleiha.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Maliha
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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