Given name

Malilah

“resembling the salmon”

Malilah is a variant of Malila. One Native American interpretation is “resembling the salmon.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Malilah is a variant of Malila. One Native American interpretation is “resembling the salmon.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Malilah is a variant of Malila. An origin associated with Malila is Native American.

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2018. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Malilah through the years

Babies since 1880
20
0 boys · 20 girls
Most popular year
2018
5 babies
2025
5
#16,389 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
012342025Highest share 20253.1
Malilah in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2018–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,389 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Malilah’s family of names

Malilah has a related form in Malila.

Walk Malilah’s family in the name graph

MalilahMalila

The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Malilah, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Mahdiya

12Very rareCooling

>99% girls

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Makeyla

15Very rareEasing

>99% girls

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Makaelah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Amalah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

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Mahkyla

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Anyila

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Jamylah

21RareSteady

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Malilah’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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