How Many People Are Named Malone?

672

people named Malone are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 508,608 people in the US has this name

Based on 727 babies named Malone in Social Security records from 1914 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#13,682

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Gender-Neutral Names

#959

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Peak Year

2017

39 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English (Rare)
Pronunciation: mə-LON
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Maoil Eoin meaning "descendant of a disciple of Saint JOHN".

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
50.0%
Male
50.0%

Of the babies given the name Malone, 50% were girls and 50% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 2000s: 40% of the babies were girls then and 48.6% in the 2020s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Malone alive today is about 13 years old, and 95% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 19 in 2025.

Under 30 639
95.2%
30 to 59 24
3.6%
60 and over 8
1.2%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Malone first appears in the records in 1914 and was given most often in 2017, to 39 babies. In 2025, 35 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1914 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Malone has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #3,216, in 1950. In 2025 it ranked #5,137. Among girls, its best rank was #5,400, in 2018.

BoysGirls
Rank in 2025#5,137#7,019
Best rank#3,216 (1950)#5,400 (2018)
Years in the top 100NoneNone
Rank in its biggest decade#7,308 in the 2010s#7,010 in the 2010s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Malone alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Malone were born in Texas than in any other state: about 8 of those alive today.

Texas 8

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