Malori — girls' name

What the Data Says About Malori

The Social Security Administration has registered 751 babies named Malori between 1983 and 2021, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Malori currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 57 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Malori performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 258 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Malori shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 52 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Malori in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Malori 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 751 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.