Malena
Malena is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 73 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 730.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 2004146 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1886
- 3,977people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,977 girls have been named Malena in the United States since 1886, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2004, with 146 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2004, and the 2000s alone account for 31%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Malena | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | |
| 1920s | 6 | |
| 1930s | 11 | |
| 1950s | 45 | |
| 1960s | 111 | |
| 1970s | 462 | |
| 1980s | 288 | |
| 1990s | 483 | |
| 2000s | 1,234 | |
| 2010s | 976 | |
| 2020s | 355 |
In 2004, its biggest year
Malena was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2004 were Emily, Emma, Madison, Olivia and Hannah. See all of 2004.
Names that rose and fell with Malena
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ammypeak 2005
- Anjapeak 2006
- Anikapeak 2006
- Meliapeak 2006
- Majapeak 2009
- Malanapeak 2007
- Maleapeak 2009
- Malinapeak 2009
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.