Girls' name · since 2001
Malli
Since 2001, U.S. Social Security records show 96 babies named Malli, peaking in 2021. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #27,580 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,913 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 96
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
96 babies have been named Malli since 2001, making it today's #15913 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Malli recorded 96 times among girls since 2001, holding rank #15913 nationally today, ahead of 8% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #27,580 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,913 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 96 born since 2001
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malli ranks #27,580 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,913 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 96 born since 2001, peaking in the 2000s.
- #27,580 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,913 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 96
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Malli's 96 recorded births place it above 61.82% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Malli compares
96 24th 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
Malli's all-time total is 74% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Malli | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 96 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 21 | 19,840 |
Malli's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Malli splits its recorded history at 2012: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2005 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Malli popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Malli by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (36 births, 38% of the file).
2000s was Malli's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Malli births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
36 births
- 2010s
2010s
34 births
- 2020s
2020s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 36 births (38% of all-time use).
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What to do with Malli's data
- Malli's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (36 total births) through the 2020s (26) -- 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 Malli: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~24 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, 2001–2025 (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 Malli 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.