NameTides

Malena

Malena was the #2,256 girls' name in the US in 2025 (81 babies), and #4,201 in England & Wales.

Malena as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Malena as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Malena as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#2,256 (81)#4,201 (5)——
2024#2,462 (73)——#2,975 (6)
2023#2,517 (70)——#3,290 (5)
2022#2,364 (78)#4,646 (4)—#2,133 (9)
2021#2,384 (75)#5,581 (3)——
2020#2,779 (59)——#3,251 (5)
2019#2,128 (88)———
2018#2,254 (81)#4,684 (4)—#3,286 (5)
2017#2,144 (89)#4,763 (4)——
2016#2,308 (82)#4,096 (5)—#3,294 (5)
2015#1,984 (100)#3,252 (7)—#2,599 (7)
2014#1,838 (110)#2,464 (10)——
2013#2,032 (95)#5,742 (3)—#2,376 (8)
2012#1,983 (98)#4,838 (4)—#2,338 (8)
2011#1,772 (115)#2,636 (9)—#1,882 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2004 at #1,423.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1886.

How common is it?

about 1 in 20,000 baby girls 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.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 20,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 50,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Malena is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 21,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 19,000 to 1 in 23,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Malena by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #927PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,830CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,902TXFlorida: #1,887FL
Malena (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MalenaCanadaGirls—too few
MalenaEngland & WalesGirls#4,2015
MalenaIrelandGirls—too few
MalenaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MalenaUSGirls#2,25681