Girls' name · since 1966
Malee
333 babies named Malee in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,065 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,148 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 333
- born since 1966
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Malee is the #12148 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 333 recorded since 1966.
Social Security Administration records show Malee recorded 333 times among girls since 1966, holding rank #12148 nationally today, ahead of 30% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1966 to 2025.
- #15,065 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,148 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 333 born since 1966
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malee ranks #15,065 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,148 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 333 born since 1966, peaking in the 2000s.
- #15,065 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,148 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 333
- born since 1966
- 2000s
- peak decade
Malee's 333 recorded births place it above 79.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Malee compares
333 47th 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
Malee's all-time total is 11% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Malee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 333 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Malee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Malee's full recorded timeline at 2002, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1966, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2002 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Malee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–2025
- Peak year (2002)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 60 years of records
Malee by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (96 births, 29% of the file).
2000s was Malee's strongest decade.
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Malee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s
1980s
46 births
- 1990s
1990s
59 births
- 2000s
2000s
96 births
- 2010s
2010s
89 births
- 2020s 28
2020s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 96 births (29% of all-time use).
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What to do with Malee's data
- Malee's decade-level peak was the 2000s (96 total births); usage has since declined to 28 in the 2020s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Malee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~59 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, 1966–2025 (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 Malee 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.