Girls' name · since 2013
Malala
Since 2013, U.S. Social Security records show 95 babies named Malala, peaking in 2018. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #27,686 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 95
- born since 2013
- 2010s
- peak decade
95 girls have been named Malala since 2013, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Malala has 95 recorded births among girls since 2013, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2013 to 2024.
- #27,686 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 95 born since 2013
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malala ranks #27,686 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 95 born since 2013, peaking in the 2010s.
- #27,686 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 95
- born since 2013
- 2010s
- peak decade
Malala's 95 recorded births place it above 61.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Malala's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Malala's SSA record in two at 2018 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2024, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2018 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Malala popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2024
- Peak year (2018)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Malala by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (72 births, 76% of the file).
2010s was Malala's strongest decade.
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Malala births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
72 births
- 2020s 23
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 72 births (76% of all-time use).
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- Malala's decade-level peak was the 2010s (72 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Malala: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~11 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2013–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Malala draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.