Mala Popularity by Year
Follow Mala across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Mala birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Girls | 10 | #9,457 | Down 2,535 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 16 | #6,922 | Up 4,309 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 8 | #11,231 | Down 85 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 8 | #11,146 | Down 1,600 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 10 | #9,546 | Up 2,902 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 7 | #12,448 | Down 5,656 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 17 | #6,792 | Up 3,151 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 10 | #9,943 | Up 916 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 9 | #10,859 | Down 711 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 10 | #10,148 | Up 2,921 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 7 | #13,069 | Down 2,069 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 9 | #11,000 | Down 1,891 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 12 | #9,109 | Up 5,715 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 6 | #14,824 | Down 5,593 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 12 | #9,231 | Up 4,601 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 7 | #13,832 | Up 1,320 places |
| 2006 | Girls | 6 | #15,152 | Up 1,310 places |
| 2005 | Girls | 5 | #16,462 | Down 363 places |
| 2004 | Girls | 5 | #16,099 | Down 4,774 places |
| 2003 | Girls | 8 | #11,325 | Up 1,363 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 6 | #12,688 | Down 1,550 places |
| 1998 | Girls | 7 | #11,138 | Up 2,586 places |
| 1997 | Girls | 5 | #13,724 | Down 5,592 places |
| 1996 | Girls | 10 | #8,132 | Up 1,454 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 8 | #9,586 | Up 2,194 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 6 | #11,780 | Down 3,046 places |
| 1992 | Girls | 9 | #8,734 | Down 146 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 9 | #8,588 | Up 2,259 places |
| 1989 | Girls | 6 | #10,847 | Down 1,603 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 7 | #9,244 | Down 466 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 7 | #8,778 | Down 2,166 places |
| 1986 | Girls | 10 | #6,612 | Down 1,264 places |
| 1985 | Girls | 13 | #5,348 | Up 1,357 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 9 | #6,705 | Down 382 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 10 | #6,323 | Up 1,095 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 8 | #7,418 | Down 105 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 8 | #7,313 | Down 2,382 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 13 | #4,931 | Up 1,117 places |
| 1976 | Girls | 9 | #6,048 | Down 1,907 places |
| 1975 | Girls | 15 | #4,141 | Up 3,539 places |
| 1974 | Girls | 6 | #7,680 | Down 1,014 places |
| 1973 | Girls | 7 | #6,666 | Up 626 places |
| 1972 | Girls | 6 | #7,292 | Down 673 places |
| 1971 | Girls | 7 | #6,619 | Down 2,127 places |
| 1970 | Girls | 12 | #4,492 | Up 231 places |
| 1969 | Girls | 10 | #4,723 | Up 56 places |
| 1968 | Girls | 9 | #4,779 | Down 726 places |
| 1967 | Girls | 11 | #4,053 | Up 145 places |
| 1966 | Girls | 10 | #4,198 | Down 465 places |
| 1965 | Girls | 12 | #3,733 | Down 354 places |
| 1964 | Girls | 15 | #3,379 | Up 640 places |
| 1963 | Girls | 11 | #4,019 | Down 427 places |
| 1962 | Girls | 13 | #3,592 | Down 919 places |
| 1961 | Girls | 21 | #2,673 | Up 422 places |
| 1960 | Girls | 16 | #3,095 | Down 335 places |
| 1959 | Girls | 18 | #2,760 | Down 97 places |
| 1958 | Girls | 19 | #2,663 | Up 160 places |
| 1957 | Girls | 17 | #2,823 | Down 1,343 places |
| 1956 | Girls | 51 | #1,480 | Up 1,245 places |
| 1955 | Girls | 17 | #2,725 | Down 133 places |
| 1954 | Girls | 18 | #2,592 | Up 514 places |
| 1953 | Girls | 13 | #3,106 | Up 446 places |
| 1952 | Girls | 10 | #3,552 | Down 446 places |
| 1951 | Girls | 12 | #3,106 | — |