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.

Malta

#31,079 most common girls' name of all time · #50,184 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1910–1970

Rank among girls
#31,079
Rank overall
#50,184 of 105,966
First appeared
1910
Years on the list
9 of 146
All-time
55
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1915 #2,839
Best rank
#2,384 1910
Girls Boys peak 10/yr
192019401960

Malta first appears in 1910. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1970 6 — 6 #7,218
1967 5 — 5 #6,969
1937 5 — 5 #4,488
1932 5 — 5 #4,646
1928 5 — 5 #4,947
1920 6 — 6 #4,621
1916 7 — 7 #3,738
1915 10 — 10 #2,839
1910 6 — 6 #2,384