Is Malvina a boy or girl name?

Malvina is a girl’s name. Of the 1,686 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Name Legacy

Malvina

Recorded 1880–2022 · United States

Malvina was most popular in 1917, when 63 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,626 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,686 people named Malvina.

Malvina over time

Births per year. The dot marks Malvina’s peak in 1917. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Malvina a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Malvina is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 1,686 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. 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.

Names that peaked alongside Malvina

Where Malvina is most concentrated

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

Explore further

See Malvina on the interactive charts

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