Girls' name · since 1984
Malary
Since 1984, U.S. Social Security records show 123 babies named Malary, peaking in 1986. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #24,856 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 123
- born since 1984
- 1980s
- peak decade
123 girls have been named Malary since 1984, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Malary has 123 recorded births among girls since 1984, 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 1984 to 2012.
- #24,856 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 123 born since 1984
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malary ranks #24,856 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 123 born since 1984, peaking in the 1980s.
- #24,856 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 123
- born since 1984
- 1980s
- peak decade
Malary's 123 recorded births place it above 65.58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Malary's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Malary splits its recorded history at 1994: 41% of all births land in the more recent half, 59% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1995 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1986 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Malary popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2012
- Peak year (1986)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Malary by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (58 births, 47% of the file).
1980s was Malary's strongest decade.
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Malary births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
58 births
- 1990s
1990s
41 births
- 2000s 18
2000s
18 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 58 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Malary's decade-level peak was the 1980s (58 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- 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 Malary: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1986)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1984–2012 (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 Malary 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.