Malu — #5219 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Malu

The Social Security Administration has registered 247 babies named Malu between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Malu currently holds the #5219 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Malu performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 109 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Malu shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Massachusetts. In total, SSA state-level files list Malu in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Malu 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 247 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.