Recorded 1964–2022 Girls' name Peak 2005 169 births

Malyn — girls' name

169 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.

1960s51990s482000s492010s612020s6
2010s
Peak decade

36% of everyone ever named Malyn was born in this single decade.

2005
Single peak year

13 babies were named Malyn in 2005 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Malyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 169 babies named Malyn between 1964 and 2022, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Malyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Malyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 61 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Malyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Malyn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Malyn 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 169 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.

Malyn at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

169

Since 1964

59 years of records

Peak year

2005

13 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1964

Recorded for 59 years

Last year on file: 2022

Malyn popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1964

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2005)
13
Annual births at peak — across 59 years of records
468101214 20222016201320092004199919921964 5

Malyn by decade

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

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
61 births that decade — 36% of Malyn's all-time total
1960s51990s482000s492010s612020s6

Malyn by state

Where Malyn concentrates geographically — total births since 1964

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Malyn
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
5 3.0%
Texas share of Malyn's total US births 3.0%

5 of 169 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Malyn?
169 babies have been named Malyn since 1964. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2005 with 13 births.
When was Malyn most popular?
Malyn was most popular in the 2010s decade with 61 total births. The single peak year was 2005.
Where is Malyn most popular?
The top states for the name Malyn are Texas (5 births).
How long has the name Malyn been used?
Malyn has been recorded in Social Security data since 1964, spanning 59 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Malyn?
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, 1964–2022 (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.