Malin
Malin was the 7020th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 16 babies. Its best year was 2012, when it ranked 2700th with 66 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,198 places. More babies were named Malin in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #7,020 girls, down 1,902 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 16girls
- Girls and boys
- 81% girls, 19% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201266 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,070babies recorded
Malin popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,020 | — | 16 | — |
| 2020 | #5,118 | #8,491 | 25 | 9 |
| 2010 | #4,005 | #9,355 | 38 | 8 |
| 2000 | #9,618 | #7,195 | 10 | 9 |
| 1990 | — | #8,984 | — | 5 |
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How popular is Malin, counting every spelling?
Malin is the most common spelling of a name family that had 30 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 30 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malin | 16 | #7,020 | 109 |
| Malan | 8 | #11,544 | 46 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Malin?
16 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Malin (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Malin born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 529 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Malin.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Malin?
About 800 people born in the US named Malin are alive today, with a median age of 14; half are between 9 and 18. That makes Malin mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Malin
How popular is the name Malin?
Malin was the 7020th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 16 babies. Its best year was 2012, when it ranked 2700th with 66 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,198 places. More babies were named Malin in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Malin a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 81% girls, 19% boys given the name Malin in the US.