Malerie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAL-uh-ree
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Malerie is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “unfortunate”. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Malerie mean?
French: variant of Mallory, from Old French maleure, perhaps influenced by Valerie
“unfortunate”
Sir Thomas Malory compiled the Arthurian romance Le Morte d'Arthur in the 15th century.
Is Malerie a girl's or a boy's name?
Malerie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Malerie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,131st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Malerie, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 1987, with 88 girls. It first appears in the records in 1983.
Half of all the girls named Malerie in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Malerie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 24 | #5,484 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,892 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 28 | #4,972 |
| 2009 | 32 | #4,570 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,747 |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,374 |
| 2006 | 28 | #4,952 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,261 |
| 2004 | 36 | #3,894 |
| 2003 | 27 | #4,663 |
| 2002 | 25 | #4,763 |
| 2001 | 40 | #3,364 |
| 2000 | 32 | #3,881 |
| 1999 | 44 | #2,988 |
| 1998 | 35 | #3,423 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,224 |
| 1996 | 30 | #3,627 |
| 1995 | 32 | #3,417 |
| 1994 | 31 | #3,531 |
| 1993 | 30 | #3,580 |
| 1992 | 32 | #3,413 |
| 1991 | 23 | #4,323 |
| 1990 | 37 | #3,017 |
| 1989 | 47 | #2,437 |
| 1988 | 61 | #1,964 |
| 1987 | 88 | #1,469 |
| 1986 | 79 | #1,538 |
| 1985 | 56 | #1,947 |
| 1984 | 45 | #2,191 |
| 1983 | 21 | #3,686 |
Names like Malerie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mackenzie, Mallory, Madison, Mallorie, Stevie, Arielle, Mariah, Kylie, Miracle, Melanie, Chloe, Ellie
Names related to Malerie
Malorie, Mallori, Malori, Maloree, Malloree, Mallarie, Malarie
More French names
Eleanor, Beau, Esme, Darcie, Darcy, Genevieve, Amy, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Russell, Monty, Percy, Lacey, Belle, Quincy
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Malerie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/malerie, updated 20 October 2026.