Malin**
#6,745 most common girls' name of all time · #11,346 across all names · 21% male / 79% female · used 1935–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#6,745
Rank overall
#11,346 of 105,966
First appeared
1935
Years on the list
46 of 146
All-time
1,070
Since 2016
330
Peak year
2012 #2,687
Best rank
#2,687 2012
Girls
Boys
peak 78/yr
Malin first appears in 1935. 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 | 16 | — | 16 | #6,898 |
| 2024 | 12 | 9 | 21 | #8,519 |
| 2023 | 20 | — | 20 | #6,007 |
| 2022 | 33 | 7 | 40 | #4,312 |
| 2021 | 28 | 10 | 38 | #4,740 |
| 2020 | 25 | 9 | 34 | #5,038 |
| 2019 | 17 | — | 17 | #6,761 |
| 2018 | 38 | 13 | 51 | #3,868 |
| 2017 | 40 | — | 40 | #3,789 |
| 2016 | 48 | 5 | 53 | #3,343 |
| 2015 | 40 | 7 | 47 | #3,785 |
| 2014 | 40 | — | 40 | #3,792 |
| 2013 | 53 | 8 | 61 | #3,090 |
| 2012 | 66 | 12 | 78 | #2,687 |
| 2011 | 61 | 6 | 67 | #2,851 |
| 2010 | 38 | 8 | 46 | #3,975 |
| 2009 | 34 | 8 | 42 | #4,388 |
| 2008 | 25 | 7 | 32 | #5,605 |
| 2007 | 22 | 10 | 32 | #6,128 |
| 2006 | 18 | 11 | 29 | #6,894 |
| 2005 | 19 | 8 | 27 | #6,300 |
| 2004 | 13 | 9 | 22 | #8,340 |
| 2003 | 13 | 9 | 22 | #8,086 |
| 2002 | 9 | 9 | 18 | #10,358 |
| 2001 | 16 | 9 | 25 | #6,688 |
| 2000 | 10 | 9 | 19 | #9,286 |
| 1999 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #14,715 |
| 1998 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #10,270 |
| 1997 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1996 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,677 |
| 1995 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,903 |
| 1994 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,795 |
| 1993 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,779 |
| 1992 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,636 |
| 1991 | 6 | — | 6 | #11,766 |
| 1990 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1989 | 7 | — | 7 | #9,890 |
| 1988 | 7 | — | 7 | #9,447 |
| 1985 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,587 |
| 1984 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,750 |
| 1975 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1974 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,108 |
| 1969 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1939 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1938 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1935 | — | 5 | 5 | — |