Malori
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAL-a-ree
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Malori is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “unlucky”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Malori mean?
French: spelling of Mallory; English surname from a Norman nickname
“unlucky”
From an Old French nickname meaning unlucky; borne as a surname by the Everest climber George Mallory.
Meaning borrowed from Mallory. More on Wiktionary.
Is Malori a girl's or a boy's name?
Malori is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Malori in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Malori, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1987, with 57 girls. It first appears in the records in 1983.
Half of all the girls named Malori in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 856 girls in the US were given Malori or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #389, up from #11,928 for this spelling alone.
Malori in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,319 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,590 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 31 | #4,383 |
| 2003 | 26 | #4,799 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 28 | #4,317 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 33 | #3,635 |
| 1998 | 34 | #3,494 |
| 1997 | 27 | #4,004 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,878 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,212 |
| 1994 | 26 | #4,011 |
| 1993 | 21 | #4,665 |
| 1992 | 20 | #4,842 |
| 1991 | 28 | #3,716 |
| 1990 | 25 | #3,998 |
| 1989 | 18 | #4,842 |
| 1988 | 40 | #2,641 |
| 1987 | 57 | #1,961 |
| 1986 | 46 | #2,227 |
| 1985 | 29 | #3,083 |
| 1984 | 22 | #3,612 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
Names like Malori
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Madison Mariah Mackenzie Imani Nayeli Savannah Demi Amari Marisol Miranda Montana Mckenna
Other spellings of Malori
Names related to Malori
More French names
Eleanor Beau Esme Darcie Darcy Genevieve Amy Esmae Arleth Elle Russell Monty Percy Lacey Belle Quincy
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, “Malori: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/malori, updated 20 October 2026.