Malin
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAH-lin
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,344 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Malin is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “woman of Magdala”. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies) and 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Malin mean?
Hebrew: Swedish short form of Magdalena
“woman of Magdala”
A Swedish pet form of Magdalena, long used as a name in its own right in Scandinavia.
Is Malin a girl's or a boy's name?
Malin is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK and 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Malin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,344th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 119% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Malin, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 16 girls.
Half of all the girls named Malin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were given Malin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,607, up from #2,344 for this spelling alone.
- Malin 12
- Mahlin 4
In 2023, 88% of the babies named Malin in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Malin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,955 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 16 | #1,941 |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 2 | #7,447 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 2 | #5,211 |
How popular is Malin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,837th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Malin, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,001st. Its busiest year was 2012, with 66 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the girls named Malin in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2022, 83% of the babies named Malin in the US were girls.
Malin in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2021 | 28 | #4,715 |
| 2020 | 25 | #5,001 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 38 | #3,852 |
| 2017 | 40 | #3,768 |
| 2016 | 48 | #3,326 |
| 2015 | 40 | #3,766 |
| 2014 | 40 | #3,776 |
| 2013 | 53 | #3,075 |
| 2012 | 66 | #2,679 |
| 2011 | 61 | #2,837 |
| 2010 | 38 | #3,960 |
| 2009 | 34 | #4,369 |
| 2008 | 25 | #5,571 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
Names like Malin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Raya, Eden, Safa, Maryam, Mila, Ayla, Zainab, Maisie, Myla, Maya, Ayah, Ayra
Other spellings of Malin
Mahlin
Names related to Malin
Milana, Milani, Malina, Malani, Malwina, Malena, Malini, Maylin, Maleni, Mailani
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Malin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/malin, updated 20 October 2026.