Girl
Malia
As a girl's name, Malia traces back to Hawaiian, where it is understood to mean "Hawaiian form of Mary". It has been climbing steadily, peaking most recently in the 2010s. Today, it is on the rarer side without being unusual in the registry. 2009 was this name's high-water mark in the U.S. birth records.
HawaiianHawaiian form of Mary
Etymology"Beloved" or "bitter"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
5
1920s
0
1930s
0
1940s
5
1950s
323
1960s
449
1970s
1,026
1980s
1,442
1990s
2,477
2000s
8,202
2010s
8,565
Peaked in the 2010s · 22,494 total U.S. births since 1900