Malene — girls' name
164 babies named Malene in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
34% of everyone ever named Malene was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Malene in 1977 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Malene
The Social Security Administration has registered 164 babies named Malene between 1919 and 2006, spanning 88 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Malene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Malene performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 56 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Malene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Malene 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 164 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.
Malene at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Malene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1919
- Peak year (1977)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 88 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
164 total births across 88 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 10 births in a single year.
Malene by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 56 births that decade — 34% of Malene's all-time total
Malene decade highlights
- Peak decade 56 births
- Runner-up 23 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Malene's strongest decade
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1919–2006 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.