Feminine dossier · first seen 1919

Malia

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2009

Peak rank proxy

1,700

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Z

1919Peak 20092024

Peak year

2009

Decline from peak

44.4%

2024

946

All-time

30,729

Malia 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 2009, when 1,700 girls were named Malia.

In 2024, only 946 girls were given the name.

Down 44.4% from its peak.

All told, about 30,729 Americans have been named Malia and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1919.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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