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Girl's name · #1084 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave
Malayah is near its high-water mark: it reached #842 in 2022 and still ranked #1084 in 2025. About 4,400 girls have carried it since 1994.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 24 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#3,835 in Canada (2024).
Together with its spelling variant Malaya (#775), Malayah would rank around #524 with about 570 births last year — the newborns split about 61/39 between Malaya and Malayah.
Similar names: Malaya · Adalee · Malka · Jalayah · Alaiyah · Kalayah
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