Malorie
A French feminine name meaning "unfortunate" or "unhappy".
Name Census estimates that about 3,859 living Americans carry the first name Malorie. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Malorie today is around 27 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Malorie births was 1987 (218 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Malorie. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Malorie with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
3.9K
~ 1 in 88,819 Americans
Peak year
1987
218 babies that year
Average age
27
years old
2024 SSA rank
#2,805
Tracked since 1959
Census
Malorie in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 3,495 people with the first name Malorie, which placed it at #5,041 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#5,041
National first-name rank
People counted
3.5K
3,495 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
1.2
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
75.3% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Malorie
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Malorie is White at 75.3%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (13.0%) and Black (5.6%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Malorie described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Malorie at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White75.3% · 2,633
- Hispanic or Latino13.0% · 456
- Black or African American5.6% · 195
- Two or more races3.5% · 121
- American Indian and Alaska Native1.6% · 55
- Asian and Pacific Islander1.0% · 35
Popularity
Malorie: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Malorie from the 1950s through to the 2020s, spanning 8 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1990s, with 1,121 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1990s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Malorie by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Malorie during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Malories live
The SSA's state-level files cover 28 states and territories. Texas, California, Ohio recorded the most babies named Malorie, while Massachusetts, Nebraska, Mississippi recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 62 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Malorie
The name Malorie is a French variation of the English name Mallory, which has its roots in the Old French word "maloret," meaning "unfortunate one." The name gained popularity during the Middle Ages in France and England.
The earliest recorded instance of the name Malorie dates back to the 12th century, when it was used as a surname for a family from the town of Mallory in Normandy, France. It wasn't until the 13th century that the name began to be used as a given name, particularly among the nobility.
One of the earliest recorded individuals with the name Malorie was Malorie de Gournay (1565-1645), a French writer and feminist who was a close friend and advocate of the philosopher Michel de Montaigne. She is best known for her work "The Equality of Men and Women" (1622), which argued for the equal treatment of women in society.
Another notable figure with the name Malorie was Malorie Blackman (born 1962), a British writer and former Children's Laureate. She is best known for her critically acclaimed young adult novel "Noughts & Crosses," which explores themes of racism and discrimination in a dystopian society.
In the realm of literature, the name Malorie is also associated with the character Malorie Hayes from the 2018 post-apocalyptic novel "Bird Box" by Josh Malerman. The book follows Malorie's journey as she navigates a world where seeing a mysterious entity causes people to go violently insane.
Moving to the world of music, Malorie Holcomb (born 1980) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist best known as the lead vocalist of the indie rock band The Lavender Scare.
Lastly, in the field of sports, Malorie Geer (born 1994) is an American professional soccer player who currently plays as a midfielder for the National Women's Soccer League team, San Diego Wave FC.
People
Malorie + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Malorie as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with M
Other first names starting with M with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Malorie: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Malorie?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 3,859 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Malorie going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 88,819 US residents.
Is Malorie a common name?
We classify Malorie as "Rare". It ranks above 95.9% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 3,973 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Malorie most popular?
The single biggest year for Malorie was 1987, when 218 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Malorie is about 27 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Malorie in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 3,495 people with the name Malorie, or 1.16 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #5,041 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Malorie in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Malorie?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Malorie appears almost entirely female. Of the 3,491 people counted with this name, 99.9% were female and only a very small share were male. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Malorie?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Malorie is White at 75.3%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (13.0%) and Black (5.6%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Malorie most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Malorie in the 2020 Census, accounting for 75.3% (2,633 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Malorie in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Malorie a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Malorie in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Malorie still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Malorie in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Malorie can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people are named Malorie?
Our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers how many Americans are named Malorie at a glance, with the living-bearer count up front.