Malea is an uncommon variant of Malia that peaked in 2009 and has grown less common since.
Malea is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #5,842 for girl births in the United States (and #10,153 across all names), given to 21 babies. Malea first appears in 1954 and peaked in 2009 (100 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | 21 | #5,842 |
| 2024 | 34 | 34 | #4,259 |
| 2023 | 40 | 40 | #3,811 |
| 2022 | 43 | 43 | #3,634 |
| 2021 | 45 | 45 | #3,469 |
| 2020 | 40 | 40 | #3,720 |
| 2019 | 57 | 57 | #2,915 |
| 2018 | 38 | 38 | #3,898 |
| 2017 | 42 | 42 | #3,675 |
| 2016 | 48 | 48 | #3,363 |
| 2015 | 60 | 60 | #2,915 |
| 2014 | 60 | 60 | #2,878 |
| 2013 | 64 | 64 | #2,717 |
| 2012 | 73 | 73 | #2,504 |
| 2011 | 83 | 83 | #2,270 |
| 2010 | 84 | 84 | #2,284 |
| 2009 | 100 | 100 | #2,054 |
| 2008 | 80 | 80 | #2,408 |
| 2007 | 96 | 96 | #2,111 |
| 2006 | 91 | 91 | #2,141 |
| 2005 | 92 | 92 | #2,050 |
| 2004 | 76 | 76 | #2,303 |
| 2003 | 90 | 90 | #2,013 |
| 2002 | 80 | 80 | #2,120 |
| 2001 | 65 | 65 | #2,427 |
| 2000 | 61 | 61 | #2,500 |
| 1999 | 58 | 58 | #2,491 |
| 1998 | 54 | 54 | #2,555 |
| 1997 | 40 | — | #3,014 |
| 1996 | 31 | — | #3,599 |
| 1995 | 35 | — | #3,256 |
| 1994 | 32 | — | #3,496 |
| 1993 | 27 | — | #3,945 |
| 1992 | 30 | — | #3,638 |
| 1991 | 32 | — | #3,413 |
| 1990 | 29 | — | #3,683 |
| 1989 | 17 | — | #5,188 |
| 1988 | 18 | — | #4,770 |
| 1987 | 16 | — | #4,994 |
| 1986 | 12 | — | #6,005 |
| 1985 | 13 | — | #5,551 |
| 1984 | 23 | — | #3,577 |
| 1983 | 18 | — | #4,210 |
| 1982 | 27 | — | #3,223 |
| 1981 | 27 | — | #3,200 |
| 1980 | 21 | — | #3,791 |
| 1979 | 27 | — | #3,122 |
| 1978 | 17 | — | #4,178 |
| 1977 | 16 | — | #4,341 |
| 1976 | 9 | — | #6,375 |
| 1975 | 10 | — | #5,799 |
| 1974 | 12 | — | #4,895 |
| 1973 | 13 | — | #4,498 |
| 1972 | 11 | — | #4,973 |
| 1971 | 12 | — | #4,713 |
| 1970 | 8 | — | #6,124 |
| 1969 | 13 | — | #4,087 |
| 1968 | 11 | — | #4,381 |
| 1967 | 7 | — | #5,805 |
| 1966 | 11 | — | #4,102 |
| 1965 | 13 | — | #3,660 |
| 1964 | 10 | — | #4,530 |
| 1963 | 12 | — | #3,935 |
| 1962 | 10 | — | #4,429 |
| 1961 | 5 | — | #7,163 |
| 1960 | 9 | — | #4,646 |
| 1959 | 8 | — | #4,865 |
| 1958 | 9 | — | #4,386 |
| 1957 | 14 | — | #3,238 |
| 1956 | 20 | — | #2,583 |
| 1955 | 25 | — | #2,198 |
| 1954 | 5 | — | #6,268 |