How Many People Are Named Malena?
people named Malena are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 86,549 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,058 babies named Malena in Social Security records from 1886 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
146 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Swedish and Spanish short form of MAGDALENA, and a Czech short form of MAHULENA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Malena in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Malena alive today is about 24 years old, and 73% are under 30. Half of them were between 12 and 32 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Malena first appears in the records in 1886 and was given most often in 2004, to 146 babies. In 2025, 81 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1886 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Malena has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,056, in 1886. In 2025 it ranked #2,271.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,271 |
| Best rank | #1,056 (1886) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,645 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Malena alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Malena were born in California than in any other state: about 553 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Malena was given 2.6 times as often in Pennsylvania, 2.4 times in California and 1.7 times in Florida.
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