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Mallorie

Feminine · “unlucky”

1955high 1987
#2583 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare67 girls in 2025

Mallory is the unlucky one in Norman French — mal auré — and Thomas Malory wrote the Morte d'Arthur in prison.

How old is the name Mallorie?

Mallorie first appears in US birth records in 1955 — 70 years ago. The typical Mallorie alive today was born around 2000, making them about 25 years old. About 4,400 people named Mallorie are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Mallorie most popular?

Mallorie peaked in 1987, reaching #819 nationally. Today it ranks #2583, 1,764 places below that high. See the whole 1987 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Mallorie

Mallory began as an insult — the unlucky one — and became a surname anyway. Thomas Malory compiled the Morte d'Arthur while imprisoned, and the book is the source of most of what English-speaking readers know about Arthur. A 1980s film made Mallory a girls' given name. It is in current use.

Meaning

unlucky, ill-omened

From the Old French malheure or mal auré, 'unfortunate' or 'ill-omened' — a Norman byname. The etymology is documented and unusually unflattering for a name in modern use. The -orie spelling is a modern American variant.

How the name formed

  1. mal auré
  2. Mallory
  3. Mallorie

Related forms: Mallory · Malorie

Pronouncing Mallorie

MAL-uh-ree

Three syllables, stress on the first. All the spellings of the sound are said identically.

Nicknames for Mallorie

Moderate

MalThe front clipping, which means 'bad' in French
LorieThe back of the name, and a name in its own right with a real record
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1955–202521310702136719552025

US babies named Mallorie per year from 1955 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#8191950s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1955
Most girls named
1987213 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#819reached in 1987
Change vs 2024
+91.4%67 in 2025, from 35
Mallorie sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 1987, with 213 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Mallorie in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Mallory in English — spelling variant
  • Malorie in French — spelling variant

Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, North Carolina, Indiana.

Mallories among us

4,400

people named Mallorie are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 23,989 born in 2025 was named Mallorie

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Mallorie

#2583
Mallorie on the 2025 chart
#839
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Mallorie went to 67 girls in 2025, but Malorie is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 121, which makes it the 839th most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,744 places above the chart.

About 1 girl in 13,283 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 23,989 for Mallorie itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Laurine test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Mallorie's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Laurine climbed just as high around 1907, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Laurine's path sketches the road Mallorie is walking now.

40%chance Mallorie will feel dated by 2040
Mallorie, aligned on its peakLaurine· peak 1907not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-30 yrs+70 yrsLaurine · #6195Mallorie today
Mallorie today is about where Laurine stood in 1945 — 38 years past a #819-sized peak. By 1960, Laurine had settled around #2642.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Mallorie sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Mallorie is headed

19552030

US babies named Mallorie per year, 1955 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Mallorie is easing off slowly — about 19% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.

Cooling-19% by 2030projected around #3,133 in 2030

Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Mallorie beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Mallorie in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Malloriethis name67#2583Azra67#2583Jelani67#2583Liba67#2583Talya67#2583

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • That Malory wrote the Morte d'Arthur in prison is a first-rate fact.
  • Lorie is available as a short form with a real record.
  • Three syllables with a front stress, which holds up against a short surname.
What to consider
  • The literal meaning is 'unlucky'.
  • Mallory is the standard spelling.
  • The Mal clipping means 'bad' in French.

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Frequently asked

How many Mallories are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 4,400 people named Mallorie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Mallorie?
Mallorie is the most-used spelling in US records — 67 of the 121 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Malorie.
How popular is the name Mallorie in 2025?
Mallorie ranks #2583 among US girl names in 2025, with 67 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Mallorie?
About 1 in every 23,989 US girls born in 2025 was named Mallorie — 67 in all.
Will my child share the name Mallorie with classmates?
Mallorie will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Mallorie

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