Malone
Boy · muh-LOHN · Irish
Malone is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “devotee of Saint John”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 5,044th for boys in the US (19 babies).
What does Malone mean?
Irish: from the Irish surname O Maoil Eoin
“devotee of Saint John”
Molly Malone is the Dublin fishmonger of the traditional song also known as Cockles and Mussels.
- Say it
- muh-LOHN
Is Malone a girl's or a boy's name?
Malone is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 16 girls and 19 boys in the US.
How popular is Malone in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 127% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Malone, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2023, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Malone in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Malone in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
How popular is Malone in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,044among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 90,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the US were named Malone, making it the 5,044th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914. 16 girls were also named Malone in 2025 (6,837th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Malone in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2014, 61% of the babies named Malone in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 46%, with more boys than girls since 2022.
Malone in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 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 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,176 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
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