Feminine dossier · first seen 1994

Malayah

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Malayah
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2022

Peak rank proxy

333

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Alpha

1994Peak 20222024

Peak year

2022

Decline from peak

30.3%

2024

232

All-time

4,142

Malayah has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2022, when 333 girls were named Malayah.

In 2024, only 232 girls were given the name.

Down 30.3% from its peak.

All told, about 4,142 Americans have been named Malayah and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1994.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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