Girls' name · since 1915
Maleta
Since 1915, U.S. Social Security records show 62 babies named Maleta, peaking in 1956. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #32,520 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 62
- born since 1915
- 1910s
- peak decade
62 girls have been named Maleta since 1915, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Maleta has 62 recorded births among girls since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1977.
- #32,520 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 62 born since 1915
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maleta ranks #32,520 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 62 born since 1915, peaking in the 1910s.
- #32,520 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 62
- born since 1915
- 1910s
- peak decade
Maleta's 62 recorded births place it above 54.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Maleta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Maleta's full recorded timeline at 1922, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1915, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1956 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Maleta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1977
- Peak year (1956)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 63 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1977.
62 total births across 63 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1956 with 8 births in a single year.
Maleta by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (25 births, 40% of the file).
1910s was Maleta's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Maleta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
25 births
- 1920s
1920s
19 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 8
1950s
8 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 25 births (40% of all-time use).
Maleta decade highlights
- Peak decade 25 births
- Runner-up 19 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Maleta's data
- Maleta's decade-level peak was the 1910s (25 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1970s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Maleta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1956)
Similar record span (~62 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, 1915–1977 (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 Maleta 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.
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