How many Malos are there in the world?

No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. Fewer than a hundred people named Malo are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.

How popular is the name Malo in 2025?

Malo ranks #7194 among US boy names in 2025, with 11 babies given the name.

How rare is the name Malo?

About 1 in every 155,280 US boys born in 2025 was named Malo — 11 in all.

Will my child share the name Malo with classmates?

Malo will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Malo

Masculine

#7194 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year

rareCharts in 1 more country11 boys in 2025

Malo entered the US charts in 1972, peaked at #3344 in 1972, ranks #7194 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.

How old is the name Malo?

Malo first appears in US birth records in 1972 — 53 years ago. The typical Malo alive today was born around 2001, making them about 24 years old. Fewer than a hundred people named Malo are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.

When was the name Malo most popular?

Malo peaked in 1972, reaching #3344 nationally. Today it ranks #7194, 3,850 places below that high. See the whole 1972 chart.

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What the data says

146 years of official birth records

The long climb, and where it stands now

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded: 1972
Most boys named: 202511 — the highest on record
Peak rank: #3344reached in 1972
Change vs 2023: +57.1%11 in 2025, from 7

Malo sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2025, with 11 boys. 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.

Malo in other languages

France · ~1,730 babies, 2025#22

INSEE rounds every published count to the nearest five for statistical confidentiality; the ranks are calculated from the exact figures. International figures from INSEE. Sources

Malos among us

Fewer than a hundred people named Malo are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.

About 1 boy in 155,280 born in 2025 was named Malo

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

Is it right for you

What happens to a name after it peaks

The Oliverio test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Malo's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Oliverio climbed just as high around 1945, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Oliverio's path sketches the road Malo is walking now.

40%chance Malo will feel “very 2020s” by 2040

Malo, aligned on its peakOliverio· peak 1945not yet written

Malo today is about where Oliverio stood in 1998 — 53 years past a #3338-sized peak. By 2013, Oliverio had settled around #10156.

Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Malo 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

Malo beside its neighbors

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

Malothis name11#7194Junius11#7194Orie11#7194Shade11#7194Chesley11#7194

US boys given each name in 2025.

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How many Malos are there in the world?: No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. Fewer than a hundred people named Malo are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
How popular is the name Malo in 2025?: Malo ranks #7194 among US boy names in 2025, with 11 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Malo?: About 1 in every 155,280 US boys born in 2025 was named Malo — 11 in all.
Will my child share the name Malo with classmates?: Malo will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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Junius^#7194 · Orie^#7194 · Shade^#7194 · Chesley^#7194 · Joesph^#7194 · Lofton^#7194 · Macon^#7194 · Benjiman^#7194

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