Malva is a very rare girls' name that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Malva is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1958. Malva was first reported in SSA data in 1915 and peaked in 1921 (12 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | 7 | — | #5,219 |
| 1957 | 7 | — | #5,184 |
| 1956 | 6 | — | #5,704 |
| 1955 | 10 | — | #3,951 |
| 1954 | 9 | — | #4,162 |
| 1953 | 9 | — | #4,114 |
| 1952 | 8 | — | #4,343 |
| 1951 | 6 | — | #5,198 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | #5,800 |
| 1948 | 11 | — | #3,266 |
| 1942 | 5 | — | #5,082 |
| 1941 | 7 | — | #3,817 |
| 1939 | 8 | — | #3,309 |
| 1938 | 5 | — | #4,732 |
| 1936 | 7 | — | #3,590 |
| 1935 | 5 | — | #4,640 |
| 1934 | 5 | — | #4,714 |
| 1933 | 6 | — | #4,040 |
| 1932 | 6 | — | #4,214 |
| 1929 | 8 | — | #3,574 |
| 1928 | 7 | — | #4,030 |
| 1927 | 5 | — | #5,307 |
| 1926 | 8 | — | #3,774 |
| 1925 | 7 | — | #4,273 |
| 1923 | 10 | — | #3,263 |
| 1922 | 7 | — | #4,284 |
| 1921 | 12 | — | #2,872 |
| 1919 | 7 | — | #4,088 |
| 1915 | 6 | — | #4,067 |