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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Mallie

Mallie was the 3056th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 54 babies. Its best year was 1897, when it ranked 445th; the most babies were born in 2022 (66). Over the last ten years it has moved up 987 places. More babies were named Mallie in the 1910s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#3,056 girls, up 999 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
54girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
202266 babies
Total since 1880
3,869babies recorded

Mallie popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
GirlsBoys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Rank (boys)Babies (girls)Babies (boys)
2025#3,056—54—
2020#4,055—35—
2010#3,933—39—
2000#5,086—23—
1990#10,914—7—
1980————
1970—#5,171—5
1960#5,492—7—
1950#3,158#3,999125
1940#1,617—24—
1930#1,339#2,3953312
1920#1,059#2,4095013
1910#627—46—
1900#551#1,260396
1890#504—27—
1880#535—11—

How popular is Mallie, counting every spelling?

Mallie is a spelling of Maleah, a name family that ranked #787 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #3,056 for Mallie on its own. Together these spellings went to 346 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Maleah187#1,2151,182
Mallie54#3,056272
Mali37#3,954233
Malea21#5,842183
Malie10#9,86353
Mally12#8,66738
Maleeah——35
Malli5#16,39326

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 Mallie?

54 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Mallie (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Mallie 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 155 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Mallie.

Chance of another Mallie in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inKentuckyunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Mallie?

About 1,400 people born in the US named Mallie are alive today, with a median age of 17; half are between 8 and 33. That makes Mallie mostly worn by children and young adults.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

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.

Mallie by state

How common Mallie was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Alabama (7.0×), Tennessee (5.5×), North Carolina (3.1×). In 42 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesKY0.16West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesVA0.04Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesTN0.18North Carolina: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesNC0.10South Carolina: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesSC0.08District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: 0.23 per 1,000 babiesAL0.23Georgia: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesGA0.02Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesTX0.02Florida: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesFL0.01
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Mallie, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Mallie: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Mallie, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Mallie

How popular is the name Mallie?

Mallie was the 3056th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 54 babies. Its best year was 1897, when it ranked 445th; the most babies were born in 2022 (66). Over the last ten years it has moved up 987 places. More babies were named Mallie in the 1910s than in any other decade.

Is Mallie a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Mallie in the US.

Where is Mallie most popular?

In 2021–2025, Mallie was most common in Alabama (0.23 per 1,000 girls), followed by Tennessee and Kentucky.