Girls' name · since 1995
Malu
Malu has 258 recorded births since 1995 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,303 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,133 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 258
- born since 1995
- 2020s
- peak decade
258 babies have been named Malu since 1995, making it today's #9133 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malu has been recorded 258 times among girls since 1995, currently ranked #9133 nationally and more common than 47% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2025.
- #17,303 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,133 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 258 born since 1995
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malu ranks #17,303 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,133 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 258 born since 1995, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,303 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,133 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 258
- born since 1995
- 2020s
- peak decade
Malu's 258 recorded births place it above 76.05% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
How Malu compares
258 42nd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Malu's all-time total is 31% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Malu | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 258 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 21 | 19,840 |
Malu's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Malu's SSA record in two at 2015 and the more recent half accounts for 74% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 26%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1995, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 25, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Malu popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Malu popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2020 (Malu as boys' name)
Malu by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (120 births, 47% of the file).
2020s was Malu's strongest decade.
120 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Malu births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s 25
2000s
25 births
- 2010s
2010s
103 births
- 2020s
2020s
120 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 120 births (47% of all-time use).
Malu by state
Where Malu concentrates geographically, total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 12 | 4.7% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 1.9% |
| #3 | Massachusetts | | 5 | 1.9% |
12 of 258 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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- Florida records the most Malus (12 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Malu: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1995–2025 (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 Malu 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.