Maaliyah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 12 babies a year in the US.
Maaliyah by the numbers
Maaliyah was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 27 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Maaliyah
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Maaliyah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Maariyahof the sea; a form of Mariah14 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maliyah786 in the US (2017)
- Marliyah11 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mariyahof the sea or star of the sea; a form of maria246 in the US (2017)
- Makiyahwho is like god; a respelling of Micaiah117 in the US (2017)
- Malikahqueen, sovereign female4 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Maaliyah
Names that are said the same way as Maaliyah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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