Malina
Malina was the 2167th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 86 babies. Its best year was 2009, when it ranked 1400th with 169 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 624 places. More babies were named Malina in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,167 girls, down 213 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 86girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2009169 babies
- Total since 1880
- 4,452babies recorded
Malina popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,167 | 86 |
| 2020 | #1,954 | 98 |
| 2010 | #1,486 | 152 |
| 2000 | #1,753 | 100 |
| 1990 | #2,934 | 39 |
| 1980 | #3,041 | 29 |
| 1970 | #2,675 | 27 |
| 1960 | #4,647 | 9 |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | #4,734 | 6 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Malina, counting every spelling?
Malina is the most common spelling of a name family that had 86 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 86 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malina | 86 | #2,167 | 458 |
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 Malina?
86 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Malina (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Malina 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 98 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Malina.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Malina?
About 4,400 people born in the US named Malina are alive today, with a median age of 18; half are between 11 and 29. That makes Malina 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.
Malina by state
How common Malina was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 40 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Malina
How popular is the name Malina?
Malina was the 2167th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 86 babies. Its best year was 2009, when it ranked 1400th with 169 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 624 places. More babies were named Malina in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Malina a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Malina in the US.
Where is Malina most popular?
In 2021–2025, Malina was most common in Florida (0.08 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and New York.