Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Mallory

Gender

Male

Origin

French
ill-fated
Unfortunate. Ill-fated.

Syllables

3

Themes

  • Place
  • Surname

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Mallory

Pronunciation

m(a)-llo-ry

Celebrity Babies

Daughter of Rick Derringer

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1971 (rank #1527, 32 births); most recent 2023 (rank #10812, 6 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1986 (rank #83, 3,323 births); most recent 2025 (rank #372, 825 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–825
2024–765
20236716
2022–583
2021–556
2020–521
2019–548
2018–563
2017–561
2016–738

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2023 (rank #4103, 4 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #982, 35 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1052, 32 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
2025–32
2024–31
2023434
2022–35
2021–22
2020–17
2019–16
2018–20
2017–7
2016–11

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2022 (rank #916, 44 births); most recent 2023 (rank #1092, 33 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2005 (rank #587, 80 births); most recent 2023 (rank #2145, 13 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
20233313
2022449
20212713
20202116
2019612
2018512
2017416
2016718
2015–13
2014623

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #429, 7 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
20257
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
20205
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 1986 (rank #132, 26 births); most recent 2023 (rank #399, 8 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
20238
2022–
20216
2020–
20197
2018–
2017–
2016–
20156
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence