How Many People Are Named Malina?
An estimated 4,237 people in the United States have the first name Malina. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 22 years old, and Malina peaked in popularity in 2009 with 169 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Malina as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Malina paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
4,237
About 1 in 80,896 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
22
years old
Peak Year
2009
169 births
Total Registered
4,364
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Malina
Malina is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 4,364 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Malina as a female name
Ranked #2,221 in 2024
85 female births in 2024
Peak: 2009 (169 births)
Malina: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Malina span from the 1920s to the 2020s, covering 9 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 1,348 babies were registered. While Malina is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Malina by Decade
How has Malina tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Malina by State
Birth registrations for Malina span all 24 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, New York. The lowest are in Utah, Oregon, Colorado. On average, about 86 Malinas were registered per state.
Malina + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Malina as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Malina
Other first names starting with M with a similar number of bearers.
Malina: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Malina?
We estimate approximately 4,237 people named Malina are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 80,896 Americans share this first name.
Is Malina a common name?
Malina is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 96.2% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 4,364 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Malina most popular?
Malina reached peak popularity in 2009, when 169 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Malina is approximately 22 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Malina a female name?
Malina is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Malina Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Malina Smith, Malina Johnson, Malina Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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