Girls' name · since 1976
Malarie
Since 1976, U.S. Social Security records show 773 babies named Malarie, peaking in 1987. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #8,953 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 773
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Malarie sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 773 recorded since 1976.
Malarie has 773 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2020.
- #8,953 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 773 born since 1976
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malarie ranks #8,953 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 773 born since 1976, peaking in the 1980s.
- #8,953 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 773
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Malarie's 773 recorded births place it above 87.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Malarie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Malarie splits its recorded history at 2001: 34% of all births land in the more recent half, 66% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2018 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1987 peak of 51 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Malarie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2020
- Peak year (1987)
- 51
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Malarie by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (258 births, 33% of the file).
1980s was Malarie's strongest decade.
258 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Malarie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
258 births
- 1990s
1990s
233 births
- 2000s
2000s
178 births
- 2010s 92
2010s
92 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 258 births (33% of all-time use).
How Malarie 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 Malarie's total volume
Malarie by state
Where Malarie concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 46 | 6.0% |
| #2 | California | | 10 | 1.3% |
| #3 | Utah | | 5 | 0.6% |
46 of 773 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Malarie's data
- Malarie's decade-level peak was the 1980s (258 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Malaries (46 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Malarie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1987)
Similar record span (~44 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, 1976–2020 (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 Malarie 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.