Girls' name · since 1919
Malene
Malene has 164 recorded births since 1919 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1977 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,854 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 164
- born since 1919
- 1970s
- peak decade
Malene sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 164 recorded since 1919.
Malene has 164 recorded births among girls since 1919, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1919 to 2006.
- #21,854 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 164 born since 1919
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malene ranks #21,854 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 164 born since 1919, peaking in the 1970s.
- #21,854 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 164
- born since 1919
- 1970s
- peak decade
Malene's 164 recorded births place it above 69.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Malene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Malene's SSA record in two at 1975 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1919, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1977 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Malene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–2006
- Peak year (1977)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 88 years of records
Malene by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (56 births, 34% of the file).
1970s was Malene's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Malene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 11
1920s
11 births
- 1930s
1930s
23 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
56 births
- 1980s 22
1980s
22 births
- 1990s 20
1990s
20 births
- 2000s 12
2000s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 56 births (34% of all-time use).
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What to do with Malene's data
- Malene's decade-level peak was the 1970s (56 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2000s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Malene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~87 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, 1919–2006 (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 Malene 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.