Malena is an uncommon girls' name that peaked in 2004 and has grown less common since.
Malena is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #2,271 for girl births in the United States (and #4,101 across all names), given to 81 babies — 86 including U.S. territories. Malena first appears in 1886 and peaked in 2004 (146 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 81 | 86 | #2,271 |
| 2024 | 73 | 73 | #2,479 |
| 2023 | 70 | 70 | #2,547 |
| 2022 | 78 | 78 | #2,381 |
| 2021 | 75 | 75 | #2,407 |
| 2020 | 59 | 59 | #2,810 |
| 2019 | 88 | 95 | #2,137 |
| 2018 | 81 | 81 | #2,265 |
| 2017 | 89 | 89 | #2,154 |
| 2016 | 82 | 88 | #2,317 |
| 2015 | 100 | 100 | #1,992 |
| 2014 | 110 | 110 | #1,848 |
| 2013 | 95 | 100 | #2,046 |
| 2012 | 98 | 98 | #1,993 |
| 2011 | 115 | 115 | #1,777 |
| 2010 | 118 | 118 | #1,756 |
| 2009 | 123 | 123 | #1,773 |
| 2008 | 122 | 127 | #1,797 |
| 2007 | 138 | 138 | #1,618 |
| 2006 | 130 | 130 | #1,637 |
| 2005 | 117 | 124 | #1,700 |
| 2004 | 146 | 146 | #1,424 |
| 2003 | 107 | 107 | #1,768 |
| 2002 | 139 | 139 | #1,390 |
| 2001 | 119 | 119 | #1,569 |
| 2000 | 93 | 93 | #1,848 |
| 1999 | 73 | 73 | #2,109 |
| 1998 | 63 | 63 | #2,272 |
| 1997 | 58 | — | #2,320 |
| 1996 | 50 | — | #2,541 |
| 1995 | 45 | — | #2,711 |
| 1994 | 40 | — | #2,973 |
| 1993 | 41 | — | #2,919 |
| 1992 | 49 | — | #2,559 |
| 1991 | 42 | — | #2,818 |
| 1990 | 22 | — | #4,458 |
| 1989 | 26 | — | #3,849 |
| 1988 | 25 | — | #3,763 |
| 1987 | 19 | — | #4,403 |
| 1986 | 25 | — | #3,509 |
| 1985 | 31 | — | #2,981 |
| 1984 | 21 | — | #3,818 |
| 1983 | 40 | — | #2,381 |
| 1982 | 30 | — | #2,992 |
| 1981 | 36 | — | #2,592 |
| 1980 | 35 | — | #2,680 |
| 1979 | 35 | — | #2,605 |
| 1978 | 41 | — | #2,260 |
| 1977 | 38 | — | #2,360 |
| 1976 | 29 | — | #2,700 |
| 1975 | 42 | — | #2,085 |
| 1974 | 52 | — | #1,749 |
| 1973 | 43 | — | #1,929 |
| 1972 | 63 | — | #1,512 |
| 1971 | 66 | — | #1,522 |
| 1970 | 53 | — | #1,731 |
| 1969 | 24 | — | #2,743 |
| 1968 | 14 | — | #3,711 |
| 1967 | 17 | — | #3,159 |
| 1966 | 6 | — | #6,260 |
| 1965 | 8 | — | #5,112 |
| 1964 | 8 | — | #5,276 |
| 1963 | 7 | — | #5,661 |
| 1962 | 11 | — | #4,167 |
| 1961 | 10 | — | #4,419 |
| 1960 | 6 | — | #6,115 |
| 1958 | 13 | — | #3,481 |
| 1957 | 10 | — | #4,095 |
| 1954 | 6 | — | #5,507 |
| 1953 | 6 | — | #5,421 |
| 1951 | 5 | — | #5,897 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | #5,798 |
| 1936 | 5 | — | #4,606 |
| 1930 | 6 | — | #4,357 |
| 1924 | 6 | — | #4,825 |
| 1886 | 6 | — | #1,056 |