Malena

girls:

3.9k births since 1886

#2766 (52nd percentile)

overall:

3.9k births since 1886

#4402 (43rd percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Malena".

1886 2023 18862023

Key Statistics

Total Births
3,904
Peak Births
146
Peak Year
2004
First Recorded
1886
Peak Percentile
15.1%
Current Percentile
6.9%
Peak Rank
#260
Current Rank
#882
Female statistics

How to Pronounce Malena

Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Malena. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 39.0% confident that Malena is pronounced as muh-LAY-nuh. The next most likely pronunciation is muh-LEE-nuh, at 34.1% confidence.

MA-lih-nuh (3 syllables)
Verified
14.6% confidence
M AE1 L IH0 N AH0
muh-LEH-nuh (3 syllables)
12.2% confidence
M AH0 L EH1 N AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Malena. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Malena, please vote using the thumbs up button.

mih-LAY-nuh (3 syllables)
6 names 7.7k births
M IH0 L EY1 N AH0
mih-LEH-nuh (3 syllables)
4 names 7.3k births
M IH0 L EH1 N AH0

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like M AH0 L EY1 N AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.