Girls' name · since 1993
Malaney
79 babies named Malaney in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,780 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 79
- born since 1993
- 2000s
- peak decade
Malaney sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 79 recorded since 1993.
Malaney has 79 recorded births among girls since 1993, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2020.
- #29,780 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 79 born since 1993
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malaney ranks #29,780 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 79 born since 1993, peaking in the 2000s.
- #29,780 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 79
- born since 1993
- 2000s
- peak decade
Malaney's 79 recorded births place it above 58.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Malaney's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Malaney splits its recorded history at 2005: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1993 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2005 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Malaney popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2020
- Peak year (2005)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Malaney by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (34 births, 43% of the file).
2000s was Malaney's strongest decade.
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Malaney births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
20 births
- 2000s
2000s
34 births
- 2010s
2010s
18 births
- 2020s 7
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 34 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Malaney's decade-level peak was the 2000s (34 total births); usage has since declined to 7 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Malaney: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1993–2020 (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 Malaney 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.