Girls' name · since 1986
Mally
Mally has 179 recorded births since 1986 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2014 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,968 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,542 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 179
- born since 1986
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Mally is the #8542 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 179 recorded since 1986.
Social Security Administration records show Mally recorded 179 times among girls since 1986, holding rank #8542 nationally today, ahead of 51% 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 1986 to 2025.
- #20,968 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,542 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 179 born since 1986
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mally ranks #20,968 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,542 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 179 born since 1986, peaking in the 2010s.
- #20,968 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,542 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 179
- born since 1986
- 2010s
- peak decade
Mally's 179 recorded births place it above 70.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Mally compares
179 35th 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
Mally's all-time total is 52% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mally | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 179 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Mally's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Mally's SSA record in two at 2010 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 1986, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2014 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Mally popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Mally by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (62 births, 35% of the file).
2010s was Mally's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Mally births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
25 births
- 2000s
2000s
49 births
- 2010s
2010s
62 births
- 2020s
2020s
38 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 62 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Mally's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (62 total births) through the 2020s (38) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Mally: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~39 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, 1986–2025 (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 Mally 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.