NameTides

Mal

Mal was the #8,910 boys' name in the US in 2025 (8 babies).

Mal as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Mal as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020US
Mal as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & Wales
2025#8,910 (8)—
2024#10,938 (6)#5,120 (3)
2023—#4,992 (3)
2022#9,823 (7)—
2021#10,799 (6)—
2020#9,554 (7)—
2019#9,756 (7)—
2012#12,274 (5)—
2009—#4,527 (3)
2008#12,553 (5)—
2004—#3,651 (3)
1969#3,935 (6)—
1966#2,986 (8)—
1963#3,646 (6)—
1962#3,041 (8)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1880 at #745.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 200,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.