Girls' name · since 1910
Malta
Malta has 55 recorded births since 1910 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1915 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #33,922 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 55
- born since 1910
- 1910s
- peak decade
Malta sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 55 recorded since 1910.
Malta has 55 recorded births among girls since 1910, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1910 to 1970.
- #33,922 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 55 born since 1910
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malta ranks #33,922 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 55 born since 1910, peaking in the 1910s.
- #33,922 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 55
- born since 1910
- 1910s
- peak decade
Malta's 55 recorded births place it above 52.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Kentucky.
Malta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Malta's SSA record in two at 1928 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1928, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1915 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Malta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1910–1970
- Peak year (1915)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 61 years of records
Malta by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (23 births, 42% of the file).
1910s was Malta's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Malta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
23 births
- 1920s
1920s
11 births
- 1930s
1930s
10 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 23 births (42% of all-time use).
Malta by state
Where Malta concentrates geographically, total births since 1910
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Kentucky | | 17 | 30.9% |
17 of 55 births nationwide.
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What to do with Malta's data
- Malta's decade-level peak was the 1910s (23 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Kentucky records the most Maltas (17 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Kentucky names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Malta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1915)
Similar record span (~60 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, 1910–1970 (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 Malta 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.