Girls' name · since 1998
Malan
209 babies named Malan in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,378 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,381 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 209
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
209 babies have been named Malan since 1998, making it today's #11381 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malan has been recorded 209 times among girls since 1998, currently ranked #11381 nationally and more common than 34% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #19,378 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,381 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 209 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malan ranks #19,378 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,381 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 209 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #19,378 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,381 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 209
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Malan's 209 recorded births place it above 73.19% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Malan compares
209 38th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Malan's all-time total is 44% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Malan | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 209 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Malan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Malan splits its recorded history at 2014: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2003 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2012 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Malan popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Malan popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1998 (Malan as boys' name)
Malan by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (101 births, 48% of the file).
2010s was Malan's strongest decade.
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Malan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 15
1990s
15 births
- 2000s 37
2000s
37 births
- 2010s
2010s
101 births
- 2020s
2020s
56 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 101 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Malan's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (101 total births) through the 2020s (56) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Malan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1998–2025 (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 Malan 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.