Girls' name · since 2009
Malila
Since 2009, U.S. Social Security records show 42 babies named Malila, peaking in 2010. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #37,013 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 42
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Malila is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 42 have been recorded since 2009.
Malila has 42 recorded births among girls since 2009, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2021.
- #37,013 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 42 born since 2009
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malila ranks #37,013 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 42 born since 2009, peaking in the 2010s.
- #37,013 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 42
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Malila's 42 recorded births place it above 48.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Malila's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Malila's full recorded timeline at 2015, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2013, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2010 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Malila popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2021
- Peak year (2010)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2021.
42 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 9 births in a single year.
Malila by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (24 births, 57% of the file).
2010s was Malila's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Malila births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
24 births
- 2020s
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 24 births (57% of all-time use).
Malila decade highlights
- Peak decade 24 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Malila's data
- Malila's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (24 total births) through the 2020s (12) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Malila: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~12 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, 2009–2021 (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 Malila 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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