Malena — #2461 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Malena

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,977 babies named Malena between 1886 and 2024, spanning 139 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Malena currently holds the #2461 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 146 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Malena performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,234 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Malena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 550 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Malena in 25 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Malena in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 3,977 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.