girls:
9k births since 1956
#1701 (70th percentile)
overall:
9k births since 1956
#2839 (63rd percentile)
The name Maleah is the #2,839 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 9,038 recorded births since 1956. This represents the 63.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 63.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,701 (70.2% percentile) for all time with 9,038 births since 1956.
Maleah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1956 (first recorded for girls in 1956). Birth data for Maleah is available in 58 out of the 68 years between 1956 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Maleah reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 46.5% percentile (ranked #514) with 251 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 251 births per million (ranked 46.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Maleah ranks #729 for girls (23.0% percentile) with 127 births per million, which is 50.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Maleah".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Maleah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.0% confident that Maleah is pronounced as muh-LEE-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MAY-lee-uh, at 10.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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