Malory
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAL-a-ree
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Malory is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “unlucky”. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Malory 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 Malory a girl's or a boy's name?
Malory is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Malory in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Malory, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 1987, with 85 girls. It first appears in the records in 1983.
2025 had fewer girls named Malory than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Malory in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 856 girls in the US were given Malory or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #389, up from #7,883 for this spelling alone.
Malory in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,892 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 37 | #4,022 |
| 2009 | 35 | #4,268 |
| 2008 | 25 | #5,571 |
| 2007 | 29 | #4,942 |
| 2006 | 32 | #4,462 |
| 2005 | 31 | #4,369 |
| 2004 | 44 | #3,387 |
| 2003 | 31 | #4,216 |
| 2002 | 29 | #4,276 |
| 2001 | 39 | #3,413 |
| 2000 | 32 | #3,881 |
| 1999 | 34 | #3,566 |
| 1998 | 37 | #3,298 |
| 1997 | 47 | #2,656 |
| 1996 | 48 | #2,587 |
| 1995 | 50 | #2,511 |
| 1994 | 45 | #2,696 |
| 1993 | 35 | #3,216 |
| 1992 | 45 | #2,682 |
| 1991 | 38 | #2,983 |
| 1990 | 62 | #2,096 |
| 1989 | 57 | #2,142 |
| 1988 | 74 | #1,720 |
| 1987 | 85 | #1,511 |
| 1986 | 69 | #1,690 |
| 1985 | 38 | #2,544 |
| 1984 | 33 | #2,729 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,108 |
Names like Malory
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Madison Emily Brittany Cassidy Avery Destiny Kennedy Emely Mackenzie Mariah Harmony Molly
Other spellings of Malory
Names related to Malory
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, “Malory: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/malory, updated 20 October 2026.