Maleah is an uncommon variant of Malia that peaked in 2009 and has grown less common since.
Maleah is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,215 for girl births in the United States (and #2,316 across all names), given to 187 babies. Maleah first appears in 1956 and peaked in 2009 (508 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 187 | 187 | #1,215 |
| 2024 | 196 | 196 | #1,211 |
| 2023 | 223 | 223 | #1,102 |
| 2022 | 266 | 266 | #993 |
| 2021 | 310 | 310 | #880 |
| 2020 | 309 | 309 | #871 |
| 2019 | 424 | 424 | #684 |
| 2018 | 342 | 342 | #797 |
| 2017 | 366 | 366 | #760 |
| 2016 | 377 | 377 | #757 |
| 2015 | 337 | 337 | #834 |
| 2014 | 415 | 415 | #683 |
| 2013 | 461 | 461 | #610 |
| 2012 | 449 | 449 | #638 |
| 2011 | 471 | 471 | #614 |
| 2010 | 473 | 473 | #622 |
| 2009 | 508 | 508 | #595 |
| 2008 | 337 | 337 | #839 |
| 2007 | 375 | 375 | #772 |
| 2006 | 320 | 320 | #842 |
| 2005 | 268 | 268 | #929 |
| 2004 | 266 | 266 | #910 |
| 2003 | 219 | 219 | #1,045 |
| 2002 | 256 | 256 | #884 |
| 2001 | 214 | 214 | #1,006 |
| 2000 | 162 | 162 | #1,227 |
| 1999 | 109 | 109 | #1,556 |
| 1998 | 94 | 94 | #1,702 |
| 1997 | 70 | — | #2,035 |
| 1996 | 62 | — | #2,198 |
| 1995 | 49 | — | #2,574 |
| 1994 | 40 | — | #2,972 |
| 1993 | 49 | — | #2,557 |
| 1992 | 39 | — | #3,011 |
| 1991 | 30 | — | #3,596 |
| 1990 | 19 | — | #4,983 |
| 1989 | 24 | — | #4,077 |
| 1988 | 30 | — | #3,273 |
| 1987 | 25 | — | #3,586 |
| 1986 | 14 | — | #5,350 |
| 1985 | 13 | — | #5,552 |
| 1984 | 21 | — | #3,817 |
| 1983 | 23 | — | #3,500 |
| 1982 | 23 | — | #3,601 |
| 1981 | 15 | — | #4,860 |
| 1980 | 19 | — | #4,085 |
| 1979 | 19 | — | #3,986 |
| 1978 | 15 | — | #4,580 |
| 1977 | 13 | — | #5,105 |
| 1976 | 10 | — | #5,850 |
| 1975 | 11 | — | #5,363 |
| 1973 | 5 | — | #9,210 |
| 1972 | 5 | — | #9,058 |
| 1971 | 5 | — | #9,070 |
| 1968 | 9 | — | #5,004 |
| 1967 | 6 | — | #6,493 |
| 1965 | 5 | — | #7,137 |
| 1963 | 9 | — | #4,751 |
| 1957 | 9 | — | #4,420 |
| 1956 | 6 | — | #5,702 |