Boys' name · since 1921
Malden
Malden has 11 recorded births since 1921 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #33,850 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,822 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 11
- born since 1921
- 2020s
- peak decade
Malden currently ranks #10822 among boys' names in America, with 11 babies recorded since 1921.
Social Security Administration records show Malden recorded 11 times among boys since 1921, holding rank #10822 nationally today, ahead of 22% of boys, 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 1921 to 2025.
- #33,850 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,822 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 11 born since 1921
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malden ranks #33,850 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,822 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 11 born since 1921, peaking in the 2020s.
- #33,850 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,822 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 11
- born since 1921
- 2020s
- peak decade
Malden's 11 recorded births place it above 24.53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Malden compares
11 4th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Malden's all-time total is 97% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Malden | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 11 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 34 | 22,252 |
Malden's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Malden splits its recorded history at 2025: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1921 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Malden popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1921–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 105 years of records
Malden by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (6 births, 55% of the file).
2020s was Malden's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Malden births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 6 births (55% 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, 1921–2025 (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 Malden 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.