Mala

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Mala: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Mala: Recorded since 1997, it reached #2,163 in 2020, and it stood at #2,771 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#2163highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3174
1998	#2701
1999	#3900
2000	#2416
2001	#2466
2003	#2436
2004	#3725
2005	#3382
2006	#4157
2007	#3218
2008	#5545
2009	#4564
2010	#5707
2011	#4764
2012	#2338
2013	#3160
2014	#4684
2015	#2496
2016	#4096
2017	#3229
2018	#2901
2019	#4001
2020	#2163
2021	#2341
2023	#4709
2024	#2771

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 26 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #3174 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #2163 among girls in England and Wales, in 2020 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2771 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Mala by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Mala in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	12	3 of 10	4
2000s	45	9 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	64	10 of 10	6
2020s	36	4 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Mala appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2163 in England and Wales in 2020.

Mala's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2771	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2163	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2901	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3229	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2496	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2338	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2436	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2416	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,163, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
19 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#2,771position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
12births registered in its largest year, 2020Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Elham · #2163, 23y
Jameelah · #2165, 23y
Mendel · #2160, 24y
Akua · #2167, 22y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Elham · #2163, 23y
Rainbow · #2163, 15y
Gurkirat · #2165, 20y
Jameelah · #2165, 23y

Mala and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Mala without appearing here.

Mala moved ahead of

Ellinor Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4764 and #3185 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2338 and #5876.
George Compare
In 2011 they stood at #5707 and #5707 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2338 and #5876.
Lene Compare
In 2011 they stood at #5707 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2338 and #5876.
Lynette Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4564 and #4564 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2338 and #5876.

Moved ahead of Mala

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3160 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #1628.
Eabha Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4157 and #5061 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #4564 and #2326.
Amalie Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2466 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #2436 and #965.
Fiadh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2496 and #2705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4096 and #2757.

Moved the same way as Mala

Kristin Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Mala went from #3174 to #4709 and Kristin from #1176 to #5687.
Therese Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Mala went from #3174 to #4709 and Therese from #3174 to #4709.
Tracey Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Mala went from #3174 to #4709 and Tracey from #1450 to #5687.
Josefine Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Mala went from #2701 to #4709 and Josefine from #3848 to #5687.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2163 in England and Wales in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Mala

Mala at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mala by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Mala appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Mala and the names beside it

Mala moved ahead of

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Mala at a glance

Mala by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Mala appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Mala and the names beside it

Mala moved ahead of

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