Girls' name · since 1994
Malley
Since 1994, U.S. Social Security records show 211 babies named Malley, peaking in 2010. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #19,265 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,341 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 211
- born since 1994
- 2010s
- peak decade
211 babies have been named Malley since 1994, making it today's #11341 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Malley recorded 211 times among girls since 1994, holding rank #11341 nationally today, ahead of 34% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2025.
- #19,265 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,341 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 211 born since 1994
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malley ranks #19,265 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,341 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 211 born since 1994, peaking in the 2010s.
- #19,265 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,341 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 211
- born since 1994
- 2010s
- peak decade
Malley's 211 recorded births place it above 73.34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Malley compares
211 38th 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
Malley's all-time total is 44% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Malley | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 211 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Malley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Malley's SSA record in two at 2009 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1994, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2010 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Malley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Malley by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (86 births, 41% of the file).
2010s was Malley's strongest decade.
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Malley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 24
1990s
24 births
- 2000s
2000s
80 births
- 2010s
2010s
86 births
- 2020s 21
2020s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 86 births (41% of all-time use).
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What to do with Malley's data
- Malley's decade-level peak was the 2010s (86 total births); usage has since declined to 21 in the 2020s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Malley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1994–2025 (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 Malley 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.