Girls' name · since 1964
Malyn
176 babies named Malyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,129 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,479 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 176
- born since 1964
- 2010s
- peak decade
176 babies have been named Malyn since 1964, making it today's #13479 girls' name.
Malyn has 176 recorded births among girls since 1964, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13479 as of the latest data, more common than 22% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1964 to 2025.
- #21,129 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,479 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 176 born since 1964
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malyn ranks #21,129 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,479 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 176 born since 1964, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,129 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,479 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 176
- born since 1964
- 2010s
- peak decade
Malyn's 176 recorded births place it above 70.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Malyn compares
176 34th 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
Malyn's all-time total is 53% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Malyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 176 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Malyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Malyn's full recorded timeline at 2009, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1964, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Malyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 62 years of records
Malyn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (62 births, 35% of the file).
2010s was Malyn's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Malyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
48 births
- 2000s
2000s
49 births
- 2010s
2010s
62 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 62 births (35% of all-time use).
Malyn by state
Where Malyn concentrates geographically, total births since 1964
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 2.8% |
5 of 176 births nationwide.
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What to do with Malyn's data
- Malyn's decade-level peak was the 2010s (62 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Malyns (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Malyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~61 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, 1964–2025 (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 Malyn 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.