Malini — #12403 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Malini

The Social Security Administration has registered 327 babies named Malini between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Malini currently holds the #12403 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Malini performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 110 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Malini shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Malini in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Malini 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 327 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.