Mala
Girl · MAH-lah · Sanskrit
Mala is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “garland, necklace”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Mala mean?
Sanskrit: from Sanskrit mala
“garland, necklace”
A mala is also the string of prayer beads used in Hindu and Buddhist meditation.
- Say it
- MAH-lah
Is Mala a girl's or a boy's name?
Mala is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mala in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,101among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Mala, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,268th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Mala in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Mala in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 12 | #2,268 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
How popular is Mala in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Mala, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 1956, with 51 girls. It first appears in the records in 1951.
Half of all the girls named Mala in the US since 1880 were born between 1959 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mala in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,931 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 15 | #4,139 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,491 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,722 |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,778 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,052 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,197 |
| 1965 | 12 | #3,732 |
| 1964 | 15 | #3,378 |
| 1963 | 11 | #4,018 |
| 1962 | 13 | #3,591 |
| 1961 | 21 | #2,672 |
| 1960 | 16 | #3,094 |
| 1959 | 18 | #2,759 |
| 1958 | 19 | #2,662 |
| 1957 | 17 | #2,822 |
| 1956 | 51 | #1,479 |
| 1955 | 17 | #2,724 |
| 1954 | 18 | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 13 | #3,105 |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,551 |
| 1951 | 12 | #3,105 |
Names like Mala
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Mala
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