Given name

Malyah

Malyah is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Malyah 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 1998. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Malyah through the years

Babies since 1880
300
0 boys · 300 girls
Most popular year
2010
25 babies
2025
6
#14,296 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−36%
Cooling
05101520002025Highest share 20103.7
Malyah in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1998–2025, 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 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,296 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 36.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 25 in 2010. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 235 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.

Malyah’s family of names

Malyah has a related form in Malia.

Walk Malyah’s family in the name graph

MalyahMaliahMaliaMallyah

Inner ring: spellings · outer: 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 2

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

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

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

Modern

Marriyah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Makeyla

15Very rareEasing

>99% girls

Modern

Makaelah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Mahdiya

12Very rareCooling

>99% girls

Modern

Mashyia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Ahmyah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Mahkyla

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Haitian Creole · Modern

Makenzy

Makenzy is a masculine given name from Haitian Creole. It is used in French.

12Very rareCooling

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

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

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