girls:
812 births since 1974
#4904 (14th percentile)
boys:
221 births since 1935
#4365 (5th percentile)
overall:
1k births since 1935
#6706 (13th percentile)
The name Malin is the #6,706 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,033 recorded births since 1935. This represents the 13.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 13.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,904 (14.2% percentile) for all time with 812 births since 1974. For boys, it ranks #4,365 (4.8% percentile) for all time with 221 births since 1935.
Malin first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1935 (1935 for boys and 1974 for girls). Birth data for Malin is available in 44 out of the 89 years between 1935 and 2023 (37 years for girls and 29 years for boys). 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.
The name Malin has been given predominantly to girls, with 78.6% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Malin were girls. Interestingly, until around 1984, the name was more popular for boys (83.9% boys from 1935 to 1983), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (80.5% girls from 1984 to 2023).
For girls, Malin reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 6.5% percentile (ranked #876) with 34 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 34 births per million (ranked 6.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2015, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Malin ranks #932 for girls (1.6% percentile) with 11 births per million, which is 33.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Malin reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #905) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Malin".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Malin. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 48.1% confident that Malin is pronounced as MA-lihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MAY-lihn, at 25.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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