Malta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Malta

The Social Security Administration has registered 55 babies named Malta between 1910 and 1970, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Malta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1970. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Malta performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Malta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Malta in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Malta 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 55 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.