Maliah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Maliah: Recorded since 2009, it reached #1,556 in 2020, and it stood at #2,411 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
16years from first to last
#1556highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2009–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2009	#3936
2011	#5785
2012	#2521
2013	#3160
2014	#4003
2015	#4736
2016	#2547
2017	#2201
2018	#2187
2019	#4001
2020	#1556
2021	#2942
2022	#2058
2023	#2063
2024	#2411

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 15 of the 16 years from 2009 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2009–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2009
First recorded at #3936 among girls in England and Wales in 2009 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2009–2024
Highest recorded position: #1556 among girls in England and Wales, in 2020 (recorded 2009–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2411 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Maliah 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 Maliah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	5	1 of 10	5
2010s	68	9 of 10	8
2020sbusiest	64	5 of 10	13

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 13 births a year.

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

Maliah 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 2009 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1556 in England and Wales in 2020.

Maliah'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	#2411	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2063	13	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2942	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1556	19	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2187	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2547	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2521	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	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 2009 and 2024, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,556, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 19 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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 →
14 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#2,411position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
19births registered in its largest year, 2020Under 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.

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Malick · #1744, 21y
Maliha · #583, 29y

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.

Aiylah · #1556, 12y
Ayla-Mae · #1556, 12y
Bella-Mae · #1556, 15y
Hidaya · #1556, 18y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Amiah · #1556, 21y
Hidaya · #1556, 18y
Kamiyah · #1556, 14y
Delta · #1552, 20y

Maliah 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 Maliah without appearing here.

Maliah moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4001 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1556 and #5493.
Therese Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4736 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1556 and #5493.
Helene Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4736 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #2201 and #5765.
Jeanette Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4736 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2547 and #5785.

Moved ahead of Maliah

Arlo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1556 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2942 and #1785.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2201 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2187 and #1436.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2063 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2411 and #1743.

Moved the same way as Maliah

Meabh Compare
Between 2011 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maliah went from #5785 to #2411 and Meabh from #4049 to #952.
Rory Compare
Between 2011 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maliah went from #5785 to #2411 and Rory from #5785 to #1603.
Arlo Compare
Between 2015 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maliah went from #4736 to #2411 and Arlo from #5730 to #1894.

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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 2009 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1556 in England and Wales in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Maliah

Maliah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Maliah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Maliah and the names beside it

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Maliah at a glance

Maliah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Maliah appears in

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Maliah and the names beside it

Maliah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Maliah

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