Girls' name · since 1977
Malani
7,112 babies named Malani in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,054 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #374 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,112
- born since 1977
- 2020s
- peak decade
7,112 babies have been named Malani since 1977, making it today's #374 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Malani recorded 7,112 times among girls since 1977, holding rank #374 nationally today, ahead of 98% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2025.
- #2,054 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #374 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 7,112 born since 1977
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malani ranks #2,054 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #374 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 7,112 born since 1977, peaking in the 2020s.
- #2,054 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #374 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,112
- born since 1977
- 2020s
- peak decade
Malani's 7,112 recorded births place it above 97.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
35 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Florida.
How Malani compares
7,112 Top 11% higher than 89% of 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
Malani's all-time total is 19x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Malani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 7,112 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 943 | 21 | 19,840 |
Malani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Malani's SSA record in two at 2009 and the more recent half accounts for 96% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 4%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1981, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 943, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Malani popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 943
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Malani popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2022 (Malani as boys' name)
Malani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (4,793 births, 67% of the file).
2020s was Malani's strongest decade.
4,793 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Malani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 13
1980s
13 births
- 1990s 34
1990s
34 births
- 2000s 287
2000s
287 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,979 births
- 2020s
2020s
4,793 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 4,793 births (67% of all-time use).
How Malani compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Malani's total volume
Malani by state
Where Malani concentrates geographically, total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 635 | 8.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 580 | 8.2% |
| #3 | California | | 517 | 7.3% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 471 | 6.6% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 408 | 5.7% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 364 | 5.1% |
| #7 | New York | | 352 | 4.9% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 291 | 4.1% |
635 of 7,112 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 35 reporting states.
Malani appears in 35 states. Explore state details →
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- Florida records the most Malanis (635 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1977–2025 (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 Malani 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.