girls:
3.9k births since 1886
#2766 (52nd percentile)
overall:
3.9k births since 1886
#4402 (43rd percentile)
The name Malena is the #4,402 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,904 recorded births since 1886. This represents the 43.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 43.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,766 (51.6% percentile) for all time with 3,904 births since 1886.
Malena first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1886 (first recorded for girls in 1886). Birth data for Malena is available in 74 out of the 138 years between 1886 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Malena reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 15.1% percentile (ranked #796) with 72 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 72 births per million (ranked 15.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2008, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Malena ranks #882 for girls (6.9% percentile) with 40 births per million, which is 55.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Malena".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Malena", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 16 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Melina" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Melina..
Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Malena. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 39.0% confident that Malena is pronounced as muh-LAY-nuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is muh-LEE-nuh, at 34.1% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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