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Maliyah

Maliyah means “calm” (Hawaiian origin). 15,359 US babies since 1940, peak 2009.

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What it means

“calm”

HawaiianSpelling of Malia

In US birth records

Peak year: 2009

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15,359 US babies were named Maliyah between 1940 and 2025.

Careers

Not enough notable people named Maliyah (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.

Spelling family

1 in 6 Malias spell it Maliyah

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 2009)