Malenia — #5772 US girls' name
43 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.
More common than 67% of names given to girls today.
100% of everyone ever named Malenia was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Malenia in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Malenia
The Social Security Administration has registered 43 babies named Malenia between 2022 and 2024, spanning 3 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Malenia currently holds the #5772 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Malenia performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 43 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Malenia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Malenia 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 43 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.
Malenia at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Malenia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2022
- Peak year (2024)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 3 years of records
Currently ranks #5772 among girls.
43 total births across 3 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 22 births in a single year.
Malenia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 43 births that decade — 100% of Malenia's all-time total
Malenia decade highlights
- Peak decade 43 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Malenia's strongest decade
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 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 | 14.0% |
6 of 43 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 14.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 14.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2022–2024 (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.