Girls' name · since 2001
Maleina
24 babies named Maleina in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #43,700 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 24
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
24 girls have been named Maleina since 2001, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Maleina has 24 recorded births among girls since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2024.
- #43,700 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 24 born since 2001
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maleina ranks #43,700 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 24 born since 2001, peaking in the 2000s.
- #43,700 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 24
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Maleina's 24 recorded births place it above 39.32% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Maleina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Maleina's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2001, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2004 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Maleina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2024
- Peak year (2004)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Maleina by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (18 births, 75% of the file).
2000s was Maleina's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 75% of all-time use.
Maleina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
18 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 18 births (75% of all-time use).
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- Maleina's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (18 total births) through the 2020s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Maleina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~23 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, 2001–2024 (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 Maleina 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.