Girls' name · since 1992
Maley
Maley has 187 recorded births since 1992 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,514 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 187
- born since 1992
- 2010s
- peak decade
Maley sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 187 recorded since 1992.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maley has been recorded 187 times among girls since 1992, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2023.
- #20,514 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 187 born since 1992
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maley ranks #20,514 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 187 born since 1992, peaking in the 2010s.
- #20,514 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 187
- born since 1992
- 2010s
- peak decade
Maley's 187 recorded births place it above 71.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Maley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Maley's SSA record in two at 2009 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1999, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2009 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Maley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2023
- Peak year (2009)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Maley by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (83 births, 44% of the file).
2010s was Maley's strongest decade.
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Maley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 19
1990s
19 births
- 2000s
2000s
80 births
- 2010s
2010s
83 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 83 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Maley's decade-level peak was the 2010s (83 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- 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 Maley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~31 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, 1992–2023 (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 Maley 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.