Malo
Malo is a name with a single cultural origin: Breton.
- Breton
Meaning & Origin of Malo
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Malo is a name with a single cultural origin: Breton.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Breton
The Story of Malo
Malo first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1972, with 9 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1972: 9 births, good for #3,343 nationwide. About 55% of every Malo on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Malo last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 64 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Malo
Malo is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1972 and has accumulated 64 births in the dataset. Malo's peak popularity came in 1972 when it ranked #3,343. Use the chart and map above to compare Malo'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.