Malo — boys' name
64 babies named Malo in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
55% of everyone ever named Malo was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Malo in 1972 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Malo
The Social Security Administration has registered 64 babies named Malo between 1972 and 2023, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Malo currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Malo performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 35 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Malo shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Malo in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Malo 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 64 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.
Malo at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Malo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1972
- Peak year (1972)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 52 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
64 total births across 52 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1972 with 9 births in a single year.
Malo by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 35 births that decade — 55% of Malo's all-time total
Malo decade highlights
- Peak decade 35 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Malo's strongest decade
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Malo by state
Where Malo concentrates geographically — total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 9.4% |
6 of 64 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 9.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1972–2023 (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.