How popular is the name Malia?

Malia ranks 718th among girls' names in US records, with 30,746 births since 1919. Over the past decade it accounts for 11,904.

Is Malia a unisex name?

No. Malia is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2009, when 1,705 children were given the name. It has been in use for 106 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Mallia. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#718 of girl names

Pronounced M AA1 L IY0 AH0 (ARPABET)

Malia is a girls' name, and first appears in 1919. It has been given to 30,746 children — the 718th most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2009, when 1,705 children were given it.

Mallia is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

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These spellings sound identical to Malia and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Malia?: Malia ranks 718th among girls' names in US records, with 30,746 births since 1919. Over the past decade it accounts for 11,904.
Is Malia a unisex name?: No. Malia is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Malia most popular?: 2009, when 1,705 children were given the name. It has been in use for 106 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Malia spelled?: Mallia. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.