Recorded 1981–2017 Girls' name Peak 1990 209 births

Maly — girls' name

209 babies named Maly in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s711990s902000s272010s21
1990s
Peak decade

43% of everyone ever named Maly was born in this single decade.

1990
Single peak year

16 babies were named Maly in 1990 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Maly

The Social Security Administration has registered 209 babies named Maly between 1981 and 2017, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maly currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Maly performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 90 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Maly shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 32 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota. In total, SSA state-level files list Maly in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Maly 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 209 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.

Maly at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

209

Since 1981

37 years of records

Peak year

1990

16 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

1981

Recorded for 37 years

Last year on file: 2017

Maly popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1981

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (1990)
16
Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
05101520 2017200619981994199019861981 7

Maly by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
90 births that decade — 43% of Maly's all-time total
1980s711990s902000s272010s21

Maly by state

Where Maly concentrates geographically — total births since 1981

Geographically diffuse
Top 2 states by recorded births for the name Maly
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
32 15.3%
#2 Minnesota
5 2.4%
California share of Maly's total US births 15.3%
Even split

32 of 209 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Maly?
209 babies have been named Maly since 1981. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 1990 with 16 births.
When was Maly most popular?
Maly was most popular in the 1990s decade with 90 total births. The single peak year was 1990.
Where is Maly most popular?
The top states for the name Maly are California (32 births), Minnesota (5 births).
How long has the name Maly been used?
Maly has been recorded in Social Security data since 1981, spanning 37 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Maly?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Mallory, Malia, Malinda, Maliyah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1981–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.