Mala
#8,906 most common girls' name of all time · #14,882 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1951–2025
Rank among girls
#8,906
Rank overall
#14,882 of 105,966
First appeared
1951
Years on the list
64 of 146
All-time
698
Since 2016
95
Peak year
1956 #1,505
Best rank
#1,505 1956
Girls
Boys
peak 51/yr
Mala first appears in 1951. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,580 |
| 2023 | 16 | — | 16 | #6,988 |
| 2022 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,419 |
| 2021 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,326 |
| 2020 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,685 |
| 2019 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,671 |
| 2018 | 17 | — | 17 | #6,854 |
| 2017 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,076 |
| 2016 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,012 |
| 2015 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,288 |
| 2014 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,273 |
| 2013 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,152 |
| 2012 | 12 | — | 12 | #9,217 |
| 2011 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,067 |
| 2010 | 12 | — | 12 | #9,331 |
| 2008 | 7 | — | 7 | #14,063 |
| 2006 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,410 |
| 2005 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,828 |
| 2004 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,451 |
| 2003 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,511 |
| 1999 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,978 |
| 1998 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,377 |
| 1997 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,109 |
| 1996 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,296 |
| 1994 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,787 |
| 1993 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,092 |
| 1992 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,917 |
| 1991 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,786 |
| 1989 | 6 | — | 6 | #11,206 |
| 1988 | 7 | — | 7 | #9,518 |
| 1987 | 7 | — | 7 | #9,078 |
| 1986 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,773 |
| 1985 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,471 |
| 1983 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,913 |
| 1981 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,479 |
| 1980 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,666 |
| 1979 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,541 |
| 1978 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,060 |
| 1976 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,288 |
| 1975 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,256 |
| 1974 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,048 |
| 1973 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,986 |
| 1972 | 6 | — | 6 | #7,703 |
| 1971 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,954 |
| 1970 | 12 | — | 12 | #4,650 |
| 1969 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,913 |
| 1968 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,993 |
| 1967 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,226 |
| 1966 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,401 |
| 1965 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,896 |
| 1964 | 15 | — | 15 | #3,493 |
| 1963 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,200 |
| 1962 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,740 |
| 1961 | 21 | — | 21 | #2,741 |
| 1960 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,198 |
| 1959 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,862 |
| 1958 | 19 | — | 19 | #2,747 |
| 1957 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,919 |
| 1956 | 51 | — | 51 | #1,505 |
| 1955 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,834 |
| 1954 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,691 |
| 1953 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,265 |
| 1952 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,789 |
| 1951 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,282 |