Boys' name · since 2007
Malhar
106 babies named Malhar in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,043 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,423 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 106
- born since 2007
- 2020s
- peak decade
106 babies have been named Malhar since 2007, making it today's #9423 boys' name.
Malhar has 106 recorded births among boys since 2007, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9423 as of the latest data, more common than 32% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2025.
- #17,043 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,423 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 106 born since 2007
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malhar ranks #17,043 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,423 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 106 born since 2007, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,043 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,423 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 106
- born since 2007
- 2020s
- peak decade
Malhar's 106 recorded births place it above 62.48% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Malhar compares
106 27th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Malhar's all-time total is 71% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Malhar | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 106 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Malhar's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Malhar's SSA record in two at 2018 and the more recent half accounts for 60% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 40%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2011, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2020 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Malhar popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Malhar by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (50 births, 47% of the file).
2020s was Malhar's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Malhar births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 14
2000s
14 births
- 2010s
2010s
42 births
- 2020s
2020s
50 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 50 births (47% of all-time use).
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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, 2007–2025 (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 Malhar 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.