Mallory
Girl · MAL-a-ree · French
Mallory is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “unlucky”. In 2025 it ranked 945th for girls in the UK (39 babies) and 372nd for girls in the US (825 babies).
What does Mallory mean?
French: English surname from a Norman nickname
“unlucky”
From an Old French nickname meaning unlucky; borne as a surname by the Everest climber George Mallory.
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Is Mallory a girl's or a boy's name?
Mallory is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 39 girls in the UK and 825 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mallory in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #945among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 39about 1 in 7,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 81% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 39 girls in the UK were named Mallory, making it the 945th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,480th.
2025 had the most girls named Mallory of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Mallory in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2023, 88% of the babies named Mallory in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,051st in England and Wales and 429th in Scotland.
Mallory in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #945 |
| 2024 | 31 | #1,143 |
| 2023 | 35 | #1,051 |
| 2022 | 36 | #1,027 |
| 2021 | 24 | #1,393 |
| 2020 | 22 | #1,480 |
| 2019 | 16 | #1,871 |
| 2018 | 20 | #1,628 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 12 | #2,319 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Mallory in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #372among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 825about 1 in 1,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 825 girls in the US were named Mallory, making it the 372nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 565th. Its busiest year was 1986, with 3,325 girls. It first appears in the records in 1938.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had more girls named Mallory than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Mallory in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 57% of the babies named Mallory in the US in 1948, and over 99% in 2023.
Mallory in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 825 | #372 |
| 2024 | 768 | #412 |
| 2023 | 716 | #432 |
| 2022 | 583 | #533 |
| 2021 | 556 | #549 |
| 2020 | 521 | #565 |
| 2019 | 548 | #555 |
| 2018 | 564 | #551 |
| 2017 | 561 | #552 |
| 2016 | 738 | #437 |
| 2015 | 840 | #392 |
| 2014 | 851 | #384 |
| 2013 | 992 | #328 |
| 2012 | 960 | #326 |
| 2011 | 1,098 | #290 |
| 2010 | 1,173 | #281 |
| 2009 | 1,211 | #269 |
| 2008 | 1,354 | #253 |
| 2007 | 1,406 | #247 |
| 2006 | 1,470 | #234 |
| 2005 | 1,586 | #219 |
| 2004 | 1,828 | #187 |
| 2003 | 1,429 | #230 |
| 2002 | 1,259 | #253 |
| 2001 | 1,336 | #238 |
| 2000 | 1,466 | #213 |
| 1999 | 1,483 | #207 |
| 1998 | 1,525 | #204 |
| 1997 | 1,589 | #190 |
| 1996 | 1,629 | #183 |
| 1995 | 1,695 | #178 |
| 1994 | 1,605 | #187 |
| 1993 | 1,602 | #181 |
| 1992 | 1,757 | #172 |
| 1991 | 1,804 | #163 |
| 1990 | 1,782 | #162 |
| 1989 | 1,969 | #147 |
| 1988 | 2,366 | #120 |
| 1987 | 3,138 | #91 |
| 1986 | 3,325 | #83 |
| 1985 | 2,039 | #143 |
| 1984 | 1,469 | #186 |
| 1983 | 689 | #332 |
| 1982 | 45 | #2,220 |
| 1981 | 27 | #3,147 |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,326 |
| 1979 | 28 | #2,997 |
| 1978 | 23 | #3,283 |
| 1977 | 35 | #2,463 |
| 1976 | 26 | #2,864 |
| 1975 | 28 | #2,680 |
| 1974 | 17 | #3,695 |
| 1973 | 20 | #3,232 |
| 1972 | 21 | #3,062 |
| 1971 | 32 | #2,375 |
| 1970 | 19 | #3,311 |
| 1969 | 21 | #2,916 |
| 1968 | 22 | #2,708 |
| 1967 | 21 | #2,706 |
| 1966 | 29 | #2,190 |
| 1965 | 17 | #3,049 |
| 1964 | 19 | #2,914 |
| 1963 | 25 | #2,423 |
| 1962 | 26 | #2,356 |
| 1961 | 26 | #2,358 |
| 1960 | 14 | #3,356 |
| 1959 | 24 | #2,338 |
| 1958 | 29 | #2,072 |
| 1957 | 25 | #2,217 |
| 1956 | 32 | #1,896 |
| 1955 | 30 | #1,939 |
| 1954 | 12 | #3,324 |
| 1953 | 28 | #1,930 |
| 1952 | 25 | #2,022 |
| 1951 | 25 | #1,967 |
| 1950 | 26 | #1,870 |
| 1949 | 34 | #1,602 |
| 1948 | 30 | #1,707 |
| 1947 | 12 | #3,060 |
| 1946 | 9 | #3,429 |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,554 |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,138 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,248 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,736 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
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