Girls' name · since 1912
Malda
Malda has 17 recorded births since 1912 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #47,943 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,007 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 17
- born since 1912
- 2020s
- peak decade
Malda currently ranks #12007 among girls' names in America, with 17 babies recorded since 1912.
Social Security Administration records show Malda recorded 17 times among girls since 1912, holding rank #12007 nationally today, ahead of 31% 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 1912 to 2025.
- #47,943 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,007 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 17 born since 1912
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malda ranks #47,943 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,007 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 17 born since 1912, peaking in the 2020s.
- #47,943 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,007 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 17
- born since 1912
- 2020s
- peak decade
Malda's 17 recorded births place it above 33.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Malda compares
17 6th percentile among 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
Malda's all-time total is 95% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Malda | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 17 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 21 | 19,840 |
Malda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Malda splits its recorded history at 1932: 71% of all births land in the more recent half, 29% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1912 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Malda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1912–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 114 years of records
Malda by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (7 births, 41% of the file).
2020s was Malda's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Malda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
5 births
- 1930s
1930s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 7 births (41% of all-time use).
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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, 1912–2025 (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 Malda 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.