Malin
Malin is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 12 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 120.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 201266 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1974
- 1,054people given the name
The story in the numbers
824 girls have been named Malin in the United States since 1974, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2012, with 66 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2012, and the 2010s alone account for 54%.
Malin is used for both sexes: 22% of its bearers are boys (230), most of them born around 2018.
By decade
In 2012, its biggest year
Malin was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2012 were Sophia, Emma, Isabella, Olivia and Ava. See all of 2012.
Names that rose and fell with Malin
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Aubripeak 2012
- Sayapeak 2010
- Giuliannapeak 2010
- Paitynpeak 2010
- Lyrikpeak 2013
- Jordynnpeak 2010
- Kenzipeak 2013
- Kenziepeak 2014
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.