Malini
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Sanskrit
Malini is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Malini mean?
Sanskrit
A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Malini a girl's or a boy's name?
Malini is a girls' name.
How popular is Malini in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the girls named Malini in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Malini in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
Names like Malini
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Avani Armani Kali Anahi Alani Kalani Amani Nalani Kailani Meilani Milani Imani
Names related to Malini
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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, “Malini: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/malini, updated 20 October 2026.