girls' name ★ peaked 1986

Mallory

Meaning unhappy, unlucky Gender Girl · 2% boys Rank 2025 #372 Trend ↑ Rising 46%

From an Anglo-Norman nickname for an unfortunate person, from Old French maleure, malheure (“unhappy, unlucky”) (whence French malheur), from mal (“bad”) +‎ eur…

Rank 2025
#372
among girls · ↑40 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
825
named Mallory · +7% vs 2024
How common
1 in 1,948
girls born in 2025
Peak year
1986
3,348 babies
All-time total
60,144
#533 all-time among girls
First recorded
1914
in Social Security records

Mallory popularity over time

60,144 babies have been named Mallory since 1914, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020GirlsBoys
GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – – – –
1890s – – – – – –
1900s – – – – – –
1910s – 22 22 2 – –
1920s – 71 71 7 +223% –
1930s 10 63 73 7 +3% #4,668
1940s 115 135 250 25 +242% #1,618
1950s 256 192 448 45 +79% #1,890
1960s 220 161 381 38 -15% #2,229
1970s 249 173 422 42 +11% #2,407
1980s 15,084 155 15,239 1,524 +3511% #83
1990s 16,471 91 16,562 1,656 +9% #162
2000s 14,345 31 14,376 1,438 -13% #188
2010s 8,325 – 8,325 833 -42% #281
2020s (to 2025) 3,969 6 3,975 663 -20% #372

Where Mallory is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 876 0.55 #347
2027 922 0.57 #335
2028 963 0.60 #316
2029 999 0.62 #306
2030 1,031 0.64 #299

Where Mallory is most popular

Girls named Mallory per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.425 per 1,000. Strongest in West Virginia, Wyoming, and Maine.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Mallory born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
West Virginia 43 1.64 +286%
Wyoming 6 1.41 +231%
Maine 21 1.36 +219%
Kentucky 112 1.31 +208%
South Carolina 92 1.02 +141%
Mississippi 47 1.00 +136%
Iowa 53 0.907 +113%
Minnesota 93 0.862 +103%
Missouri 101 0.838 +97%
North Carolina 187 0.821 +93%
Wisconsin 83 0.806 +90%
Tennessee 122 0.770 +81%
Alabama 70 0.746 +75%
Indiana 100 0.712 +68%
South Dakota 10 0.700 +65%
Michigan 124 0.681 +60%
Ohio 158 0.666 +57%
New Hampshire 12 0.650 +53%
Kansas 35 0.607 +43%
Virginia 101 0.593 +39%
Arkansas 31 0.587 +38%
Georgia 132 0.581 +37%
Pennsylvania 137 0.579 +36%
Louisiana 50 0.571 +34%
Nebraska 20 0.556 +31%
Illinois 109 0.476 +12%
Massachusetts 57 0.471 +11%
Oregon 30 0.461 +8%
Oklahoma 33 0.448 +6%
Idaho 14 0.418 ≈ national
Florida 179 0.418 ≈ national
Colorado 45 0.403 -5%
Texas 323 0.402 -6%
North Dakota 5 0.380 -10%
Washington 54 0.374 -12%
Utah 31 0.372 -12%
New Jersey 67 0.371 -13%
Maryland 39 0.368 -13%
Connecticut 20 0.344 -19%
Arizona 43 0.306 -28%
New York 112 0.283 -33%
California 196 0.233 -45%
Alaska – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
Hawaii – – –
Montana – – –
New Mexico – – –
Nevada – – –
Rhode Island – – –
Vermont – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Mallory

Mallory is moderately common for girls in the United States, ranked #372 in 2025 with 825 babies given the name. It is currently holding steady compared with a decade ago.

Since 1914, 60,144 American babies have been named Mallory. Its peak came in 1986, when 3,348 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 1980s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Mallory stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Mallory?

The median living Mallory is about 27 years old; half are between 17 and 36. An estimated 59 thousand people named Mallory are alive in the United States today.

median 27 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Mallory year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

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
1995 1,695 #178 11 #5,379
1990 1,782 #162 14 #4,113
1985 2,039 #144 21 #2,476
1980 17 #4,439 8 #4,780
1975 28 #2,717 21 #2,177
1970 19 #3,380 17 #2,258
1965 17 #3,113 16 #2,044
1960 14 #3,463 15 #2,173
1955 30 #1,963 15 #2,104
1950 26 #1,890 25 #1,485
1945 5 #4,978 10 #2,339
1940 – – 9 #2,604
1935 – – 10 #2,483
1930 – – 5 #4,339
1925 – – 6 #4,016
1920 – – 10 #2,886
1915 – – – –
1910 – – – –
1905 – – – –
1900 – – – –
1895 – – – –
1890 – – – –
1885 – – – –
1880 – – – –

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Mallory, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Mallory?

The median living Mallory is about 27 years old. Half of all living Mallorys are between 17 and 36 years old.

How many people named Mallory are alive today?

An estimated 59 thousand people named Mallory are alive in the United States, based on 60,144 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Mallory mean?

From an Anglo-Norman nickname for an unfortunate person, from Old French maleure, malheure (“unhappy, unlucky”) (whence French malheur), from mal (“bad”) +‎ eur (“fortune”).

How popular is the name Mallory in 2025?

Mallory ranked #372 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 825 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Mallory?

60,144 babies have been named Mallory in the United States since 1914, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Mallory most popular?

Mallory peaked in 1986, when 3,348 newborns received the name.

Is Mallory a boy or girl name?

Mallory is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 98% of babies with the name.

Is the name Mallory rising or falling?

Mallory has been roughly stable over the past decade.

Will Mallory become more popular?

Mallory is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 1,031 girls named Mallory in 2030, which would rank around #299. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

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