Mal
- #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 343since 1880
Mal over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Mal has never cracked the top 700 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,910 | 8 |
| 2024 | #10,938 | 6 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #9,823 | 7 |
| 2021 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | #9,554 | 7 |
| 2019 | #9,756 | 7 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | — | |
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| 1969 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | #3,041 | 8 |
| 1961 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #2,821 | 9 |
| 1958 | #2,642 | 10 |
| 1957 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #2,743 | 9 |
| 1953 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #2,376 | 11 |
| 1951 | #2,662 | 9 |
| 1950 | #2,111 | 13 |
| 1949 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #2,862 | 8 |
| 1946 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | #2,862 | 7 |
| 1943 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #2,491 | 9 |
| 1940 | #3,130 | 6 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,326 | 10 |
| 1937 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,738 | 8 |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | #3,289 | 7 |
| 1929 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | #4,201 | 5 |
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| 1922 | — | |
| 1921 | #4,322 | 5 |
| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,736 | 6 |
| 1918 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | #3,082 | 7 |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,821 | 5 |
| 1912 | #2,045 | 7 |
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| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | #892 | 5 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #745 | 7 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Mal was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Mal is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Mal in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Mal
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 644 spots since 2020 (#9,554 → #8,910)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #745 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1880–1883
Share of babies · boys
1 in 15,784
- Highest: 1 in 15,784 boys born in 1880 were named Mal (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
- 24.5% of all boys named Mal (84) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 12 | #745 (1880) | #819 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 30 | #2,045 (1912) | #3,173 |
| 1920s | 16 | #3,559 (1929) | #4,027 |
| 1930s | 42 | #2,326 (1938) | #3,055 |
| 1940s | 69 | #2,491 (1941) | #2,984 |
| 1950s | 84 | #2,111 (1950) | #3,001 |
| 1960s | 39 | #2,986 (1966) | #3,550 |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 5 | #12,553 (2008) | #12,553 |
| 2010s | 12 | #9,756 (2019) | #11,015 |
| 2020s | 34 | #8,910 (2025) | #10,005 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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