Girls' name · since 2008
Mallee
Mallee has 11 recorded births since 2008 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #53,652 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,279 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 11
- born since 2008
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Mallee is the #16279 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 11 recorded since 2008.
Mallee has 11 recorded births among girls since 2008, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #16279 as of the latest data, more common than 6% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2025.
- #53,652 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,279 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 11 born since 2008
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mallee ranks #53,652 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,279 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 11 born since 2008, peaking in the 2000s.
- #53,652 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,279 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 11
- born since 2008
- 2000s
- peak decade
Mallee's 11 recorded births place it above 24.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Mallee compares
11 4th percentile among 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
Mallee's all-time total is 97% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mallee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 11 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 21 | 19,840 |
Mallee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mallee's full recorded timeline at 2025, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2025, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mallee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Currently ranks #16279 among girls.
11 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 6 births in a single year.
Mallee by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (6 births, 55% of the file).
2000s was Mallee's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Mallee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
Mallee decade highlights
- Peak decade 6 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Mallee's data
- Mallee's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (6 total births) through the 2020s (5) -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Mallee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~17 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, 2008–2025 (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 Mallee 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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