Mallory — #412 US girls' name
58,213 babies named Mallory in U.S. Social Security records since 1938, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 98% of names given to girls today.
28% of everyone ever named Mallory was born in this single decade.
3,325 babies were named Mallory in 1986 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mallory
The Social Security Administration has registered 58,213 babies named Mallory between 1938 and 2024, spanning 87 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mallory currently holds the #412 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 3,325 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mallory performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 16,471 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Mallory shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 4,773 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Mallory in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mallory 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 58,213 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.
Mallory at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Mallory popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1938
- Peak year (1986)
- 3,325
- Annual births at peak — across 87 years of records
Currently ranks #412 among girls.
58,213 total births across 87 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1986 with 3,325 births in a single year.
Mallory popularity over time — boys
1,100 total births recorded since 1914 (Mallory as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Mallory accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Mallory by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 16,471 births that decade — 28% of Mallory's all-time total
Mallory decade highlights
- Peak decade 16,471 births
- Runner-up 15,084 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Mallory's strongest decade
16,471 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
Mallory by state
Where Mallory concentrates geographically — total births since 1938
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 4,773 | 8.2% |
| #2 | California | | 3,576 | 6.1% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 3,261 | 5.6% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 2,734 | 4.7% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 2,402 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Florida | | 2,336 | 4.0% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 2,320 | 4.0% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 2,172 | 3.7% |
4,773 of 58,213 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 8.2% of nationwide
- California 6.1% of nationwide
- Ohio 5.6% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.7% of nationwide
- Michigan 4.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 8.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Mallory appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1938–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.