Meaning not yet researched.
Mallory: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 825 in 2025. Its best rank was #83 in 1986.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #83 in 1986; #372 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Mallory in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#372 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1986, at #83.
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Mallory: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 825 girls in 2025. Peak: #83 in 1986 · most girls in one year: 3,325 (1986).
In 2025, 825 US girls were named Mallory, making it the 372nd most common girls’ name of the year, up 40 places from #412 in 2024. That is 57 more than the 768 girls named Mallory in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #83, reached in 1986. That year also had the most girls given the name: 3,325. For comparison, it was #392 in 2015 and #1,890 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Mallory in 106 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1914 with 5 babies. In all, 60,144 US babies have been given the name, 98% of them girls and 1.8% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1990s, with 16,562 babies named Mallory.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 6,380 US girls were named Mallory; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 825. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,948 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Mallory ranked highest in Wyoming in 2025, at #73 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 1 state (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Malory (1,399 babies since 1880), Mallorie (4,491 babies since 1880) and Mallori (1,577 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Malori, Mallary and Mallery are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Malori (763), Mallary (758), Mallery (481), Malloree (261), Malary (123), Malo (75), Mallorey (64), Malorey (47), Malery (39), Mallari (21).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Mallory in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 12 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | 6 | #73 | — |
| Kentucky | 26 | #183 | #207 |
| South Carolina | 25 | #195 | #334 |
| North Carolina | 50 | #219 | #201 |
| South Dakota | 5 | #260 | #167 |
| Wisconsin | 21 | #262 | #283 |
| Nebraska | 8 | #281 | #399 |
| Mississippi | 10 | #289 | #237 |
| Michigan | 31 | #290 | #326 |
| Ohio | 38 | #294 | #311 |
| Missouri | 21 | #294 | #256 |
| Virginia | 29 | #294 | #574 |
| West Virginia | 6 | #295 | #253 |
| Minnesota | 19 | #297 | #232 |
| Pennsylvania | 37 | #300 | #324 |
| Indiana | 24 | #301 | #300 |
| Tennessee | 26 | #307 | #215 |
| Idaho | 7 | #336 | — |
| Alabama | 15 | #338 | #263 |
| Georgia | 32 | #345 | #317 |
| Florida | 51 | #363 | #639 |
| Connecticut | 8 | #372 | — |
| Illinois | 28 | #374 | #453 |
| Oregon | 10 | #378 | #368 |
| Massachusetts | 15 | #386 | #255 |
| Kansas | 9 | #392 | #444 |
| New Jersey | 19 | #413 | #832 |
| Washington | 16 | #440 | #384 |
| Texas | 74 | #454 | #474 |
| Arkansas | 7 | #470 | #305 |
| Iowa | 7 | #473 | #181 |
| Maryland | 11 | #490 | #556 |
| Oklahoma | 8 | #528 | #637 |
| Colorado | 10 | #570 | #988 |
| Utah | 7 | #581 | #444 |
| Arizona | 10 | #664 | #921 |
| New York | 24 | #693 | #748 |
| California | 37 | #808 | #604 |
| Louisiana | 5 | #863 | #309 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 825 | #372 | — | — |
| 2024 | 768 | #412 | — | — |
| 2023 | 716 | #432 | 6 | #11,734 |
| 2022 | 583 | #533 | — | — |
| 2021 | 556 | #549 | — | — |
| 2020 | 521 | #566 | — | — |
| 2019 | 548 | #557 | — | — |
| 2018 | 564 | #551 | — | — |
| 2017 | 561 | #553 | — | — |
| 2016 | 738 | #437 | — | — |
| 2015 | 840 | #392 | — | — |
| 2014 | 851 | #384 | — | — |
| 2013 | 992 | #328 | — | — |
| 2012 | 960 | #326 | — | — |
| 2011 | 1,098 | #290 | — | — |
| 2010 | 1,173 | #281 | — | — |
| 2009 | 1,211 | #269 | — | — |
| 2008 | 1,354 | #253 | — | — |
| 2007 | 1,406 | #247 | 6 | #11,823 |
| 2006 | 1,470 | #234 | — | — |
| 2005 | 1,586 | #219 | — | — |
| 2004 | 1,828 | #188 | 13 | #6,018 |
| 2003 | 1,429 | #230 | — | — |
| 2002 | 1,259 | #253 | 6 | #10,185 |
| 2001 | 1,336 | #238 | — | — |
| 2000 | 1,466 | #213 | 6 | #9,855 |
| 1999 | 1,483 | #208 | 6 | #9,457 |
| 1998 | 1,525 | #204 | 11 | #5,696 |
| 1997 | 1,589 | #190 | 6 | #8,855 |
| 1996 | 1,629 | #183 | 7 | #7,666 |
| 1995 | 1,695 | #178 | 11 | #5,379 |
| 1994 | 1,605 | #187 | — | — |
| 1993 | 1,602 | #181 | 11 | #5,237 |
| 1992 | 1,757 | #172 | 15 | #4,033 |
| 1991 | 1,804 | #163 | 10 | #5,351 |
| 1990 | 1,782 | #162 | 14 | #4,113 |
| 1989 | 1,969 | #147 | 16 | #3,545 |
| 1988 | 2,366 | #120 | 19 | #2,917 |
| 1987 | 3,138 | #91 | 25 | #2,309 |
| 1986 | 3,325 | #83 | 23 | #2,400 |
| 1985 | 2,039 | #144 | 21 | #2,476 |
| 1984 | 1,469 | #186 | 15 | #3,046 |
| 1983 | 689 | #334 | 10 | #4,044 |
| 1982 | 45 | #2,239 | 9 | #4,447 |
| 1981 | 27 | #3,202 | 9 | #4,375 |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,439 | 8 | #4,780 |
| 1979 | 28 | #3,041 | 17 | #2,732 |
| 1978 | 23 | #3,342 | 8 | #4,415 |
| 1977 | 35 | #2,497 | 19 | #2,426 |
| 1976 | 26 | #2,910 | 17 | #2,565 |
| 1975 | 28 | #2,717 | 21 | #2,177 |
| 1974 | 17 | #3,800 | 8 | #4,051 |
| 1973 | 20 | #3,299 | 20 | #2,092 |
| 1972 | 21 | #3,129 | 14 | #2,615 |
| 1971 | 32 | #2,407 | 32 | #1,547 |
| 1970 | 19 | #3,380 | 17 | #2,258 |
| 1969 | 21 | #2,969 | 15 | #2,271 |
| 1968 | 22 | #2,758 | 12 | #2,526 |
| 1967 | 21 | #2,745 | 12 | #2,427 |
| 1966 | 29 | #2,229 | 17 | #1,940 |
| 1965 | 17 | #3,113 | 16 | #2,044 |
| 1964 | 19 | #2,974 | 18 | #1,946 |
| 1963 | 25 | #2,463 | 17 | #2,011 |
| 1962 | 26 | #2,393 | 21 | #1,788 |
| 1961 | 26 | #2,392 | 18 | #1,980 |
| 1960 | 14 | #3,463 | 15 | #2,173 |
| 1959 | 24 | #2,374 | 17 | #2,014 |
| 1958 | 29 | #2,100 | 14 | #2,227 |
| 1957 | 25 | #2,252 | 30 | #1,443 |
| 1956 | 32 | #1,917 | 18 | #1,921 |
| 1955 | 30 | #1,963 | 15 | #2,104 |
| 1954 | 12 | #3,422 | 11 | #2,547 |
| 1953 | 28 | #1,955 | 24 | #1,571 |
| 1952 | 25 | #2,055 | 17 | #1,911 |
| 1951 | 25 | #1,999 | 21 | #1,666 |
| 1950 | 26 | #1,890 | 25 | #1,485 |
| 1949 | 34 | #1,618 | 21 | #1,650 |
| 1948 | 30 | #1,725 | 23 | #1,544 |
| 1947 | 12 | #3,164 | 15 | #2,042 |
| 1946 | 9 | #3,562 | 12 | #2,227 |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,978 | 10 | #2,339 |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,276 | 14 | #1,940 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,390 | 9 | #2,668 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,971 | 13 | #2,109 |
| 1941 | — | — | 9 | #2,589 |
| 1940 | — | — | 9 | #2,604 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,668 | 10 | #2,387 |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,731 | 9 | #2,583 |
| 1937 | — | — | 8 | #2,812 |
| 1935 | — | — | 10 | #2,483 |
| 1934 | — | — | 9 | #2,682 |
| 1933 | — | — | 7 | #3,181 |
| 1931 | — | — | 5 | #4,124 |
| 1930 | — | — | 5 | #4,339 |
| 1929 | — | — | 9 | #2,886 |
| 1928 | — | — | 9 | #2,983 |
| 1927 | — | — | 8 | #3,339 |
| 1925 | — | — | 6 | #4,016 |
| 1924 | — | — | 9 | #3,164 |
| 1923 | — | — | 9 | #3,088 |
| 1922 | — | — | 6 | #4,135 |
| 1921 | — | — | 5 | #4,734 |
| 1920 | — | — | 10 | #2,886 |
| 1918 | — | — | 10 | #2,813 |
| 1916 | — | — | 7 | #3,380 |
| 1914 | — | — | 5 | #3,570 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).