Malena
Girl · muh-LAY-na · Hebrew
Malena is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “woman of Magdala”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 2,256th for girls in the US (81 babies).
What does Malena mean?
Hebrew: Scandinavian short form of Magdalena; in Spanish also Maria + Elena
“woman of Magdala”
A Scandinavian short form of Magdalena; in Spanish it is also a blend of Maria and Elena.
- Say it
- muh-LAY-na
Is Malena a girl's or a boy's name?
Malena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 81 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Malena in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 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, 5 girls in the UK were named Malena, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2014, with 11 girls.
2025 had more girls named Malena than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Malena in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Malena in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 2 | #5,287 |
How popular is Malena in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,256among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 81about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 81 girls in the US were named Malena, making it the 2,256th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,779th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 146 girls. It first appears in the records in 1886.
2025 had more girls named Malena than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Malena in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 95 girls in the US were given Malena or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,748, up from #2,256 for this spelling alone.
- Malena 81
- Maleena 14
Malena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 81 | #2,256 |
| 2024 | 73 | #2,462 |
| 2023 | 70 | #2,517 |
| 2022 | 78 | #2,364 |
| 2021 | 75 | #2,384 |
| 2020 | 59 | #2,779 |
| 2019 | 88 | #2,128 |
| 2018 | 81 | #2,254 |
| 2017 | 89 | #2,144 |
| 2016 | 82 | #2,308 |
| 2015 | 100 | #1,984 |
| 2014 | 110 | #1,838 |
| 2013 | 95 | #2,032 |
| 2012 | 98 | #1,983 |
| 2011 | 115 | #1,772 |
| 2010 | 118 | #1,751 |
| 2009 | 123 | #1,769 |
| 2008 | 122 | #1,789 |
| 2007 | 138 | #1,613 |
| 2006 | 130 | #1,627 |
| 2005 | 117 | #1,689 |
| 2004 | 146 | #1,422 |
| 2003 | 107 | #1,754 |
| 2002 | 139 | #1,385 |
| 2001 | 119 | #1,559 |
| 2000 | 93 | #1,841 |
| 1999 | 73 | #2,092 |
| 1998 | 63 | #2,241 |
| 1997 | 58 | #2,306 |
| 1996 | 50 | #2,506 |
| 1995 | 45 | #2,682 |
| 1994 | 40 | #2,930 |
| 1993 | 41 | #2,877 |
| 1992 | 49 | #2,543 |
| 1991 | 42 | #2,784 |
| 1990 | 22 | #4,375 |
| 1989 | 26 | #3,778 |
| 1988 | 25 | #3,685 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,280 |
| 1986 | 25 | #3,457 |
| 1985 | 31 | #2,938 |
| 1984 | 21 | #3,725 |
| 1983 | 40 | #2,359 |
| 1982 | 30 | #2,958 |
| 1981 | 36 | #2,563 |
| 1980 | 35 | #2,651 |
| 1979 | 35 | #2,582 |
| 1978 | 41 | #2,237 |
| 1977 | 38 | #2,341 |
| 1976 | 29 | #2,663 |
| 1975 | 42 | #2,060 |
| 1974 | 52 | #1,733 |
| 1973 | 43 | #1,913 |
| 1972 | 63 | #1,502 |
| 1971 | 66 | #1,516 |
| 1970 | 53 | #1,719 |
| 1969 | 24 | #2,704 |
| 1968 | 14 | #3,609 |
| 1967 | 17 | #3,084 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,010 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,238 |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 13 | #3,378 |
| 1957 | 10 | #3,929 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,146 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,045 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,432 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 6 | #993 |
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