Maloni
Feminine
Maloni is a recent American name with two real neighbors — the Irish surname Malone and the Italian Maloni — and no documented parent of its own.
How old is the name Maloni?
Maloni first appears in US birth records in 1999 — 26 years ago. The typical Maloni is a kid of about 5 — this name's wave is very recent. About 500 people named Maloni are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Maloni most popular?
Maloni peaked in 2023, reaching #2975 nationally. Today it ranks #3712, 737 places below that high. See the whole 2023 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Maloni
Ours, offered as ours. The Irish Malone is worth knowing about: Ó Maoil Eoin means the descendant of a devotee of John, and the maol element originally described the shaved head of a monk — so the name records a tonsure, at four removes. Maloni is not documented as coming from it. What it plainly has is a shape modern American naming likes: three open syllables, a soft consonant in the middle, and an ending on an i.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source is established. Irish Ó Maoil Eoin, anglicized as Malone, means a follower or devotee of John and is documented. The Italian surname Maloni is separate. Neither is confirmed as the source of the modern given name.
Pronouncing Maloni
muh-LOH-nee
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. Some families say MAL-oh-nee.
Nicknames for Maloni
Moderate
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
- 1999
- Most girls named
- 202356 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2975reached in 2023
- Change vs 2024
- −14.9%40 in 2025, from 47
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.
Maloni in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Ó Maoil Eoin in Irish — related form
- Malone in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Georgia, Florida, Illinois.
Malonis among us
people named Maloni are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 40,182 born in 2025 was named Maloni
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Maloni
- #3712
- Maloni on the 2025 chart
- #915
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Maloni went to 40 girls in 2025, but Malonii is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 45, which makes it the 915th most-given girls’ name of the year — 2,797 places above the chart.
- Maloni40
- Malonii5
About 1 girl in 35,717 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 40,182 for Maloni 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
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Gianina test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Maloni's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Gianina climbed just as high around 1983, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Gianina's path sketches the road Maloni is walking now.
Maloni 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 Maloni is headed
Maloni should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low 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.
Maloni beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Maloni in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Loni is a complete short form in its own right.
- Open vowels make it easy to say in most languages.
- Rare in the records, so it stays distinct on a class list.
- Malone is far better known and will be assumed by many.
- The stress is unsettled between the first and second syllables.
- There is no documented meaning for this spelling.
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Frequently asked
- How many Malonis are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Maloni are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Maloni?
- Maloni is the most-used spelling in US records — 40 of the 45 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Malonii.
- How popular is the name Maloni in 2025?
- Maloni ranks #3712 among US girl names in 2025, with 40 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Maloni?
- About 1 in every 40,182 US girls born in 2025 was named Maloni — 40 in all.
- Will my child share the name Maloni with classmates?
- Maloni will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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