Is Maliyah a boy or girl name?
Maliyah is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 515 girls and 0 boys were named Maliyah, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 14,888 US babies named Maliyah were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #587
- Babies named Maliyah since 1994
- 14,888
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 1,117 babies
Boys and girls named Maliyah, by decade
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 515 | #587 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 571 | #531 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 595 | #524 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 585 | #527 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 665 | #464 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 766 | #408 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 739 | #422 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 790 | #395 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 757 | #429 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 728 | #435 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 735 | #436 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 799 | #389 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 823 | #382 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 912 | #351 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 890 | #358 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 1,117 | #297 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 481 | #640 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 384 | #763 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 306 | #872 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 296 | #855 |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 260 | #929 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 296 | #827 |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 249 | #901 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 190 | #1,115 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 123 | #1,500 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 87 | #1,842 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 78 | #1,948 |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 69 | #2,064 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 37 | #3,199 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 24 | #4,300 |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 21 | #4,775 |
Highest rank
Maliyah has never been ranked as a boy name. As a girl name, it reached #297 in 2009. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 2000s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Maliyah
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.