Girls' name · since 1981
Malie
391 babies named Malie in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,702 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,655 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 391
- born since 1981
- 2010s
- peak decade
Malie currently ranks #9655 among girls' names in America, with 391 babies recorded since 1981.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malie has been recorded 391 times among girls since 1981, currently ranked #9655 nationally and more common than 44% of girls, 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 1981 to 2025.
- #13,702 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,655 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 391 born since 1981
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malie ranks #13,702 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,655 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 391 born since 1981, peaking in the 2010s.
- #13,702 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,655 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 391
- born since 1981
- 2010s
- peak decade
Malie's 391 recorded births place it above 81.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Hawaii.
How Malie compares
391 Top 50% higher than 50% of 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
Malie's all-time total is 4% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Malie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 391 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 21 | 19,840 |
Malie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Malie splits its recorded history at 2009: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1981 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 20 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Malie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Malie by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (142 births, 36% of the file).
2010s was Malie's strongest decade.
142 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Malie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 15
1980s
15 births
- 1990s 34
1990s
34 births
- 2000s
2000s
136 births
- 2010s
2010s
142 births
- 2020s
2020s
64 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 142 births (36% of all-time use).
Malie by state
Where Malie concentrates geographically, total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Hawaii | | 91 | 23.3% |
91 of 391 births nationwide.
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What to do with Malie's data
- Malie's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (142 total births) through the 2020s (64) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Hawaii records the most Malies (91 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Hawaii 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 Malie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~44 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, 1981–2025 (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 Malie 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.