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Mallory

Recorded 1914–2025 · United States

Mallory was most popular in 1986, when 3,348 American babies were given the name — ranking #175 that year. In 2025 it ranked #770, with 825 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 60,144 people named Mallory.

Most popular in1986
Rank that year#175
Births that year3,348
Total since 188060,144
Given to98% girls
Alive today~58,000
Median age28

Mallory over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Mallory’s peak in 1986. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

How old is the name Mallory?

Mallory first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1914, which makes it about 111 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 106 of the 112 years since.

How many people are named Mallory?

The Social Security Administration has recorded 60,144 American births named Mallory between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 58,796 are estimated to be alive today.

How many babies were named Mallory in 2025?

825 American babies were named Mallory in 2025, ranking #770 that year.

Is Mallory getting more or less popular?

Mallory is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 691 births a year, against 948 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -27% over the decade.

Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.

Is Mallory a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Mallory is a girl’s name — 98.2% of the 60,144 Americans given it were girls and 1.8% were boys. It changed hands: since 1974 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

How old is someone named Mallory?

Roughly 58,796 Americans named Mallory are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 28 years old, and half are between 18 and 37.

An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.

Names that peaked alongside Mallory

Where Mallory is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org