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Malia
Pronounced /məˈliː.ə/
Rank in 2024
#326
Born in 2024
946
Peak year
2009 · #192
Origin
Hawaiian
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 946 girls were named Malia, about 1 in every 1,705.
- It peaked in 2009 with 1,700 babies, ranked #192.
- It first shows up in the records in 1919.
- 30,729 girls have been named Malia since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Malia per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- 0Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.4Gen Z1997–12
- 0.7Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 5 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 515 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,438 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Millennials: 2,686 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Gen Z: 12,274 babies, 0.42 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 13,811 babies, 0.68 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Borrowed from Hawaiian Malia (“Mary”) and in some cases from Mālia (“calm”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /məˈliː.ə/ ==== Proper noun ==== Malia A female given name from Hawaiian. ===== Usage notes ===== In regular use among Anglophones in Hawaii since the 1970s.
- A female given name from Hawaiian.
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- Say it
- /məˈliː.ə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Malia, CC BY-SA 4.0.