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Maliha

Girl

Meaning of Maliha: Arabic: 'beautiful, charming'

Maliha is a girl's name most strongly associated with Arabic & Persian naming. It has 6 letters and 3 syllables, and it is familiar but far from overused — 5084th most popular girls' name in the United States in 2025 and 855th in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#5084

24 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#855

43 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

1,424

First recorded 1982 · peak 2009

Trend

falling

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 0 babies1982: 5 babies1983: 0 babies1984: 0 babies1985: 7 babies1986: 5 babies1987: 8 babies1988: 7 babies1989: 9 babies1990: 5 babies19901991: 10 babies1992: 9 babies1993: 9 babies1994: 13 babies1995: 12 babies1996: 10 babies1997: 16 babies1998: 16 babies1999: 13 babies2000: 24 babies20002001: 21 babies2002: 23 babies2003: 23 babies2004: 27 babies2005: 26 babies2006: 44 babies2007: 42 babies2008: 66 babies2009: 100 babies2010: 78 babies20102011: 93 babies2012: 87 babies2013: 74 babies2014: 57 babies2015: 66 babies2016: 44 babies2017: 57 babies2018: 49 babies2019: 37 babies2020: 57 babies20202021: 44 babies2022: 30 babies2023: 42 babies2024: 35 babies2025: 24 babies
US babies named Maliha per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 100.

Gender split

0% boys · 100% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

More Arabic & Persian girls' names

Other names starting with M