Maleah

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Maleah: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Maleah: Recorded since 2004, it reached #2,019 in 2009, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
16times a registrar ranked it
21years from first to last
#2019highest recorded position
2groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2004–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#4598
2008	#5545
2009	#2019
2010	#4012
2012	#5876
2013	#5742
2014	#4684
2015	#4103
2016	#4763
2017	#4763
2018	#3985
2019	#3151
2020	#3117
2021	#2942
2023	#2927
2024	#4192

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 16 of the 21 years from 2004 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2004–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2004
First recorded at #4598 among girls in England and Wales in 2004 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2004–2024
Highest recorded position: #2019 among girls in England and Wales, in 2009 (recorded 2004–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Maleah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Maleah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	18	3 of 10	6
2010sbusiest	40	9 of 10	4
2020s	28	4 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Maleah appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2019 in England and Wales in 2009.

Maleah's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4192	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2927	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2942	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3117	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2019	12	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2004 and 2024, ranked in 16 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,019, first reached in 2009.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
10 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#4,192position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
12births registered in its largest year, 2009Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Malayah · #1849, 11y
Malcolm · #45, 71y
Maleeha · #799, 29y
Maleek · #874, 22y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Faridah · #2019, 19y
Advaith · #2018, 16y
Arad · #2018, 16y
Archi · #2018, 11y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Haadiyah · #2019, 24y
Lorin · #2019, 23y
Advaith · #2018, 16y
Arad · #2018, 16y

Maleah and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Maleah without appearing here.

Maleah moved ahead of

Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3117 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2942 and #5581.
Donna Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3985 and #3518 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3151 and #5591.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3985 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3151 and #5591.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #5493.

Moved ahead of Maleah

Blake Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2019 and #3936 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #5876 and #1893.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #1939.
Francis Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2942 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2927 and #1863.
Arlo Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #2843.

Moved the opposite way to Maleah

Blake Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maleah went from #2019 to #4192 while Blake went from #3936 to #432.
Francis Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maleah went from #2019 to #4192 while Francis went from #5556 to #2574.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2019 in England and Wales in 2009. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Maleah

Maleah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Maleah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Maleah appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Maleah and the names beside it

Maleah moved ahead of

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Maleah at a glance

Maleah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Maleah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Maleah and the names beside it

Maleah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Maleah

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