Recorded 2009–2021 Girls' name Peak 2010 42 births

Malila — girls' name

42 babies named Malila in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s62010s242020s12
2010s
Peak decade

57% of everyone ever named Malila was born in this single decade.

2010
Single peak year

9 babies were named Malila in 2010 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Malila

The Social Security Administration has registered 42 babies named Malila between 2009 and 2021, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Malila currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Malila performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 24 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Malila shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Malila 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 42 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.

Malila at a glance

Last recorded 2021

Total births

42

Since 2009

13 years of records

Peak year

2010

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2021

Active since

2009

Recorded for 13 years

Last year on file: 2021

Malila popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2009

Last recorded 2021
Peak year (2010)
9
Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
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Malila by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
24 births that decade — 57% of Malila's all-time total
2000s62010s242020s12

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Malila?
42 babies have been named Malila since 2009. It was last recorded in 2021. The peak year was 2010 with 9 births.
When was Malila most popular?
Malila was most popular in the 2010s decade with 24 total births. The single peak year was 2010.
How long has the name Malila been used?
Malila has been recorded in Social Security data since 2009, spanning 13 years of data through 2021.
What names are similar to Malila?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Mallory, Malia, Malinda, Maliyah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 2009–2021 (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.