Girls' name · since 2022
Malenia
61 babies named Malenia in U.S. Social Security records since 2022, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #32,707 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,541 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 61
- born since 2022
- 2020s
- peak decade
Malenia currently ranks #6541 among girls' names in America, with 61 babies recorded since 2022.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malenia has been recorded 61 times among girls since 2022, currently ranked #6541 nationally and more common than 62% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2022 to 2025.
- #32,707 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,541 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 61 born since 2022
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malenia ranks #32,707 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,541 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 61 born since 2022, peaking in the 2020s.
- #32,707 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,541 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 61
- born since 2022
- 2020s
- peak decade
Malenia's 61 recorded births place it above 54.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Malenia compares
61 18th 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
Malenia's all-time total is 84% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Malenia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 61 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 21 | 19,840 |
Malenia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Malenia's full recorded timeline at 2024, 66% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 34% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2023, with just 8 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 22 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Malenia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Malenia by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (61 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Malenia's strongest decade.
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Malenia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
61 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 61 births (100% of all-time use).
Malenia by state
Where Malenia concentrates geographically, total births since 2022
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 9.8% |
6 of 61 births nationwide.
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What to do with Malenia's data
- California records the most Malenias (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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 Malenia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~3 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, 2022–2025 (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 Malenia 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.