Malina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-LEE-na
- Origin
- Slavic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,153 for girls
Malina is a girls' name of Slavic origin, meaning “raspberry”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 2,153rd for girls in the US (86 babies).
What does Malina mean?
Slavic: Slavic word name
“raspberry”
The word for raspberry in Polish, Czech, Russian and other Slavic languages.
Is Malina a girl's or a boy's name?
Malina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 86 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Malina in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Malina, making it the 3,776th 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 Malina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Malina in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 12 | #2,268 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
How popular is Malina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,153among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 86about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 86 girls in the US were named Malina, making it the 2,153rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,948th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 169 girls. It first appears in the records in 1920.
Half of all the girls named Malina in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Malina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 86 | #2,153 |
| 2024 | 86 | #2,203 |
| 2023 | 88 | #2,156 |
| 2022 | 91 | #2,103 |
| 2021 | 107 | #1,861 |
| 2020 | 98 | #1,948 |
| 2019 | 96 | #1,999 |
| 2018 | 129 | #1,640 |
| 2017 | 135 | #1,607 |
| 2016 | 141 | #1,573 |
| 2015 | 144 | #1,540 |
| 2014 | 135 | #1,590 |
| 2013 | 150 | #1,479 |
| 2012 | 146 | #1,518 |
| 2011 | 121 | #1,715 |
| 2010 | 152 | #1,481 |
| 2009 | 169 | #1,398 |
| 2008 | 141 | #1,605 |
| 2007 | 122 | #1,760 |
| 2006 | 138 | #1,567 |
| 2005 | 113 | #1,740 |
| 2004 | 124 | #1,585 |
| 2003 | 96 | #1,895 |
| 2002 | 96 | #1,851 |
| 2001 | 108 | #1,669 |
| 2000 | 100 | #1,740 |
| 1999 | 85 | #1,854 |
| 1998 | 70 | #2,080 |
| 1997 | 49 | #2,587 |
| 1996 | 62 | #2,174 |
| 1995 | 61 | #2,184 |
| 1994 | 55 | #2,348 |
| 1993 | 68 | #2,028 |
| 1992 | 49 | #2,543 |
| 1991 | 47 | #2,587 |
| 1990 | 39 | #2,895 |
| 1989 | 33 | #3,159 |
| 1988 | 23 | #3,888 |
| 1987 | 33 | #2,913 |
| 1986 | 26 | #3,358 |
| 1985 | 35 | #2,703 |
| 1984 | 33 | #2,729 |
| 1983 | 38 | #2,432 |
| 1982 | 31 | #2,900 |
| 1981 | 27 | #3,147 |
| 1980 | 29 | #3,002 |
| 1979 | 39 | #2,387 |
| 1978 | 37 | #2,390 |
| 1977 | 43 | #2,162 |
| 1976 | 39 | #2,174 |
| 1975 | 34 | #2,357 |
| 1974 | 24 | #2,922 |
| 1973 | 40 | #2,019 |
| 1972 | 20 | #3,177 |
| 1971 | 22 | #3,062 |
| 1970 | 27 | #2,647 |
| 1969 | 17 | #3,317 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,488 |
| 1967 | 23 | #2,558 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,436 |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,739 |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,396 |
Names like Malina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amira Khadija Maya Mila Safa Ayla Amara Aisha Fatima Sienna Maryam Myla
Names related to Malina
Milan Milana Melina Malin Milania Malani Malwina Malena Maylin Maleni
More Slavic names
Vera Mira Nadia Rayna Zora Milena Raina Damir Lev Siyana Vlad Lilyana Yuri Milah Raisa Kalina
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, “Malina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/malina, updated 20 October 2026.