Girls' name · since 1915
Malva
Malva has 209 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1921 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,380 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 209
- born since 1915
- 1950s
- peak decade
209 girls have been named Malva since 1915, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Malva has 209 recorded births among girls since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1958.
- #19,380 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 209 born since 1915
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malva ranks #19,380 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 209 born since 1915, peaking in the 1950s.
- #19,380 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 209
- born since 1915
- 1950s
- peak decade
Malva's 209 recorded births place it above 73.19% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Malva's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Malva's SSA record in two at 1936 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1927, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1921 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Malva popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1958
- Peak year (1921)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Malva by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (67 births, 32% of the file).
1950s was Malva's strongest decade.
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Malva births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 13
1910s
13 births
- 1920s
1920s
64 births
- 1930s
1930s
42 births
- 1940s 23
1940s
23 births
- 1950s
1950s
67 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 67 births (32% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Malva: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1921)
Similar record span (~43 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, 1915–1958 (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 Malva 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.