How Many People Are Named Malia?
people named Malia are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 10,970 people in the US has this name
Based on 31,606 babies named Malia in Social Security records from 1919 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,700 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Either a Hawaiian form of MARIA or a variant of MALIE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Malia in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Malia alive today is about 16 years old, and 87% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 22 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Malia first appears in the records in 1919 and was given most often in 2009, to 1,700 babies. In 2025, 872 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1919 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Malia has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #192, in 2009. In 2025 it ranked #349.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #349 |
| Best rank | #192 (2009) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #280 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Malia alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Malia were born in California than in any other state: about 5,234 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Malia was given 29 times as often in Hawaii, 2 times in Oregon and 1.9 times in Washington.
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