Girls' name · since 1983
Mallery
481 babies named Mallery in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,150 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 481
- born since 1983
- 1980s
- peak decade
Mallery sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 481 recorded since 1983.
Mallery has 481 recorded births among girls since 1983, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 2014.
- #12,150 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 481 born since 1983
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mallery ranks #12,150 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 481 born since 1983, peaking in the 1980s.
- #12,150 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 481
- born since 1983
- 1980s
- peak decade
Mallery's 481 recorded births place it above 83.19% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mallery's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Mallery's SSA record in two at 1999 and the more recent half accounts for 37% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 63%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 2012, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 1985 peak of 38, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Mallery popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2014
- Peak year (1985)
- 38
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Mallery by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (175 births, 36% of the file).
1980s was Mallery's strongest decade.
175 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Mallery births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
175 births
- 1990s
1990s
138 births
- 2000s
2000s
127 births
- 2010s 41
2010s
41 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 175 births (36% of all-time use).
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- Mallery's decade-level peak was the 1980s (175 total births); usage has since declined to 41 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Mallery: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1983–2014 (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 Mallery 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.