Malva

Girl · recorded 1915–1958

  • 1958last recorded
  • 1921best year

Most popular in 1921.

Last recorded in 1958. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Malva.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1915

051019151926193719471958

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 29 recorded years as a table
Malva, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19156
19196
192110
19226
19238
19256
19267
19274
19286
19297
19326
19336
19345
19355
19367
19385
19397
19416
19424
19486
19503
19513
19524
19535
19545
19555
19563
19573
19583

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Malva isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1958
7
Rank in 1958
#4,890
How rare
1 in 287,374 girls
Since 1915
209

Malva was last recorded in 1958. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1921, at 10 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Malva doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.