girl's name

Maly

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 383

Maly is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2017 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1990, when 16 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1981.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Maly over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1980s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2017, not a full ten years.

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Births named Maly by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1980s 71
1990s 90
2000s 27
2010s (to 2017) 21

How popular is Maly?

In 2017, Maly was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Maly is used

Canada #3,637 5 in 2022
France #6,257 5 in 2025
England & Wales #6,639 3 in 2022
United States #16,872 5 in 2017

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 Maly

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

Parents who like Maly also like

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

Sibling names for Maly

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

Common questions about Maly

How popular is the name Maly?

In 2017, Maly was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

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

Maly is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Maly?

Maly has 2 syllables.

When was Maly most popular?

Maly peaked in 1990, when 16 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Maly a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Maly currently ranks #6,257 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.