Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Mal

#8,987 most common boys' name of all time · #22,720 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#8,987
Rank overall
#22,720 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
343
Since 2016
41
Peak year
1950 #2,124
Best rank
#787 1880
Girls Boys peak 13/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Mal is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 8 8 #8,921
2024 — 6 6 #10,955
2022 — 7 7 #9,835
2021 — 6 6 #10,825
2020 — 7 7 #9,570
2019 — 7 7 #9,770
2012 — 5 5 #12,298
2008 — 5 5 #12,589
1969 — 6 6 #3,968
1966 — 8 8 #3,009
1963 — 6 6 #3,682
1962 — 8 8 #3,058
1961 — 6 6 #3,678
1960 — 5 5 #4,063
1959 — 9 9 #2,841
1958 — 10 10 #2,659
1957 — 8 8 #3,047
1956 — 5 5 #3,967
1955 — 5 5 #3,920
1954 — 9 9 #2,763
1953 — 5 5 #3,838
1952 — 11 11 #2,394
1951 — 9 9 #2,682
1950 — 13 13 #2,124
1949 — 6 6 #3,321
1948 — 7 7 #3,028
1947 — 8 8 #2,884
1946 — 6 6 #3,206
1945 — 5 5 #3,377
1944 — 7 7 #2,883
1943 — 8 8 #2,754
1942 — 7 7 #2,963
1941 — 9 9 #2,499
1940 — 6 6 #3,160
1938 — 10 10 #2,344
1937 — 6 6 #3,201
1936 — 5 5 #3,591
1935 — 6 6 #3,287
1933 — 8 8 #2,756
1930 — 7 7 #3,304
1929 — 6 6 #3,585
1926 — 5 5 #4,236
1921 — 5 5 #4,348
1919 — 6 6 #3,756
1918 — 5 5 #4,206
1915 — 7 7 #3,098
1913 — 5 5 #2,846
1912 — 7 7 #2,072
1883 — 5 5 #932
1880 — 7 7 #787