Mala — girls' name

What the Data Says About Mala

The Social Security Administration has registered 688 babies named Mala between 1951 and 2023, spanning 73 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mala currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 51 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mala performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 175 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Mala shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 30 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Mala in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mala in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 688 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.