How Many People Are Named Malayla?
An estimated 302 people in the United States have the first name Malayla. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 11 years old, and Malayla peaked in popularity in 2013 with 26 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Malayla as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Malayla paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
302
About 1 in 1,134,948 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
11
years old
Peak Year
2013
26 births
Total Registered
304
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Malayla
Malayla is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 304 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Malayla as a female name
Ranked #8,223 in 2024
13 female births in 2024
Peak: 2013 (26 births)
Malayla: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Malayla span from the 2000s to the 2020s, covering 3 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 174 babies were registered. While Malayla is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Malayla by Decade
How has Malayla tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Malayla by State
Malayla + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Malayla as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Malayla
Other first names starting with M with a similar number of bearers.
Malayla: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Malayla?
We estimate approximately 302 people named Malayla are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,134,948 Americans share this first name.
Is Malayla a common name?
Malayla is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 79.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 304 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Malayla most popular?
Malayla reached peak popularity in 2013, when 26 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Malayla is approximately 11 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Malayla a female name?
Malayla is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Malayla Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Malayla Smith, Malayla Johnson, Malayla Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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