How rare is the name Mallory?

52,306 people in the United States have the first name Mallory, about 1 in 5,774. It ranks #868 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MALLORY

#868

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
52,306
About
1 in 5,774
This common or more
68%
Who bears it

Of the 52,306 people named Mallory, 87.1% reported their origin as White, 5% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.4% as two or more races. 98.6% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Mallory peaked in 1986, when 3,348 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19142025
Peak year
1986
Births that year
3,348
In 2025*
825 ▼75%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 60,144 babies have been given the name since 1914. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Mallory by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #363. The largest share of babies named Mallory, 45.2%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1910s#8,01122
1920s#6,43671
1930s#5,55573
1940s#2,988250
1950s#2,547448
1960s#3,031381
1970s#3,297422
1980s#36315,239
1990s#38016,562
2000s#47214,376
2010s#7598,325
2020s#9413,975
Greatest Generation 1901–270.1%
Silent Generation 1928–450.3%
Baby boom 1946–641.3%
Generation X 1965–801%
Millennials 1981–9645.2%
Generation Z 1997–1237%
2013 and later15.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Mallory is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Mallory has been most common in Louisiana (1.7×), Alabama (1.6×), and Indiana (1.6×), and least common in Hawaii (0.26×).

57,230 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Mallory

#866 Sheri · 52,459#867 Elisa · 52,348#869 Stuart · 52,140#870 Milton · 51,890

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mallory, most common first.

#4,870 Mallorie · 3,684#9,560 Malory · 1,445#9,915 Mallori · 1,372#15,649 Mallary · 732#17,322 Malori · 639#20,724 Mallery · 496#34,544 Malloree · 236#41,133 Malary · 179

Also a last name

As a last name, Mallory ranks #2,108 of 156,621, with 16,690 people. See Mallory as a last name

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