Malanda — girls' name
12 babies named Malanda in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
58% of everyone ever named Malanda was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Malanda in 1980 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Malanda
The Social Security Administration has registered 12 babies named Malanda between 1970 and 1980, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Malanda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1980. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Malanda performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 7 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Malanda shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Malanda 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 12 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.
Malanda at a glance
Last recorded 1980Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Malanda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–1970
- Peak year (1980)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1980.
12 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 7 births in a single year.
Malanda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 7 births that decade — 58% of Malanda's all-time total
Malanda decade highlights
- Peak decade 7 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Malanda's strongest decade
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1970–1980 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.