A reliable meaning for Malya isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Malya through the years
Babies since 1880
284
0 boys · 284 girls
Most popular year
2016
20 babies
2025
8
#11,548 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−19%
Easing
Malya in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1996–2025, 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 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,548 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 20 in 2016. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 301 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.