girl's name

Malene

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 169

Malene is a girl's name. In 2006 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1977, when 10 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1919.

Malene over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2000s. The striped bar is the 2000s, still in progress — it covers 2000 to 2006, not a full ten years.

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'10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00
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Births named Malene by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 5
1920s 11
1930s 23
1940s 5
1950s 5
1960s 5
1970s 56
1980s 22
1990s 20
2000s (to 2006) 12

How popular is Malene?

In 2006, Malene was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Malene is used

France #3,749 5 in 1999
United States #17,710 5 in 2006

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Malene

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Malene also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Malene over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Malene

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Malene — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Malene

How popular is the name Malene?

In 2006, Malene was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Malene a girl's or a boy's name?

Malene is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Malene most popular?

Malene peaked in 1977, when 10 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.