Malen
Malen is a name with a single cultural origin: Basque.
- Basque
Meaning & Origin of Malen
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Malen is a name with a single cultural origin: Basque.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Basque
The Story of Malen
As a girl name
American parents first put Malen on the record books as a girl name in 1993, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1993, when 5 Malens were born — ranking #13,441 that year. Malen last appeared in the published SSA data in 1993, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 5 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Malen as a boy name dates back to 1917, when 9 babies received it. 1917 was its biggest year on record, with 9 newborns named Malen — #2,732 in the national rankings. About 60% of every Malen on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Malen last appeared in the published SSA data in 1950, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 15 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Malen
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Malen. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Malen
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Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Malen
Malen is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1917 and has accumulated 15 births in the dataset. Malen's peak popularity came in 1917 when it ranked #2,732. Use the chart and map above to compare Malen's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.