Malea
- #5,722 for girls in 2025, 21 births
- Peak · girls
- 2003 · 90 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,540since 1954
Malea over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Malea has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,722 | 21 |
| 2024 | #4,207 | 34 |
| 2023 | #3,763 | 40 |
| 2022 | #3,595 | 43 |
| 2021 | #3,435 | 45 |
| 2020 | #3,676 | 40 |
| 2019 | #2,891 | 57 |
| 2018 | #3,853 | 38 |
| 2017 | #3,627 | 42 |
| 2016 | #3,326 | 48 |
| 2015 | #2,890 | 60 |
| 2014 | #2,843 | 60 |
| 2013 | #2,706 | 64 |
| 2012 | #2,495 | 73 |
| 2011 | #2,258 | 83 |
| 2010 | #2,274 | 84 |
| 2009 | #2,041 | 100 |
| 2008 | #2,397 | 80 |
| 2007 | #2,101 | 96 |
| 2006 | #2,127 | 91 |
| 2005 | #2,030 | 92 |
| 2004 | #2,286 | 76 |
| 2003 | #2,001 | 90 |
| 2002 | #2,113 | 80 |
| 2001 | #2,411 | 65 |
| 2000 | #2,480 | 61 |
| 1999 | #2,471 | 58 |
| 1998 | #2,530 | 54 |
| 1997 | #2,977 | 40 |
| 1996 | #3,569 | 31 |
| 1995 | #3,220 | 35 |
| 1994 | #3,448 | 32 |
| 1993 | #3,877 | 27 |
| 1992 | #3,581 | 30 |
| 1991 | #3,369 | 32 |
| 1990 | #3,623 | 29 |
| 1989 | #5,049 | 17 |
| 1988 | #4,653 | 18 |
| 1987 | #4,857 | 16 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 |
| 1984 | #3,527 | 23 |
| 1983 | #4,109 | 18 |
| 1982 | #3,172 | 27 |
| 1981 | #3,147 | 27 |
| 1980 | #3,719 | 21 |
| 1979 | #3,078 | 27 |
| 1978 | #4,079 | 17 |
| 1977 | #4,235 | 16 |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 |
| 1974 | #4,720 | 12 |
| 1973 | #4,362 | 13 |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 |
| 1969 | #3,958 | 13 |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1965 | #3,549 | 13 |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 |
| 1963 | #3,801 | 12 |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 |
| 1957 | #3,150 | 14 |
| 1956 | #2,530 | 20 |
| 1955 | #2,156 | 25 |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 |
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First appearance
1954
The first year at least five girls were named Malea! It came in at #5,753, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1954, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Malea is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Malea in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Malea
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 1,515 spots since 2024 (#4,207 → #5,722)
- 2,046 spots since 2020 (#3,676 → #5,722)
- 2,832 spots since 2015 (#2,890 → #5,722)
Rise & fade · girls
49 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1954
- Peaked 2003 at #2,001 (90 births)
- Births halved by 2017, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 18,371
- Highest: 1 in 18,371 girls born in 2009 were named Malea (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 76,537 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,001 in 2003, was only 1 in 20,302 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 32.7% of all girls named Malea (831) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 81 | #2,156 (1955) | #3,735 |
| 1960s | 101 | #3,549 (1965) | #4,457 |
| 1970s | 135 | #3,078 (1979) | #4,718 |
| 1980s | 192 | #3,147 (1981) | #4,334 |
| 1990s | 368 | #2,471 (1999) | #3,267 |
| 2000s | 831 | #2,001 (2003) | #2,199 |
| 2010s | 609 | #2,258 (2011) | #2,916 |
| 2020s | 223 | #3,435 (2021) | #4,066 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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