Malone — #4708 US boys' name
370 babies named Malone in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 67% of names given to boys today.
29% of everyone ever named Malone was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Malone in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Malone
The Social Security Administration has registered 370 babies named Malone between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Malone currently holds the #4708 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 21 babies received it in a single year. Malone is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 322 additional births since 1993.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Malone performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 107 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Malone shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Malone 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 370 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.
Malone at a glance
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Current rank
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Malone popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1914
- Peak year (2024)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 111 years of records
Currently ranks #4708 among boys.
370 total births across 111 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 21 births in a single year.
Malone popularity over time — girls
322 total births recorded since 1993 (Malone as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Malone accounts for 47% of total recorded use across both genders.
Malone by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 107 births that decade — 29% of Malone's all-time total
Malone decade highlights
- Peak decade 107 births
- Runner-up 84 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Malone's strongest decade
107 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
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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, 1914–2024 (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.