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Girl name

Malene

100% girls · last recorded 2006

Malene has been given to about 164 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1977, which makes it a boomer-era name.

Meaning—
Origin—
Syllables2
Pronunciation—
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Living in the US≈ 132
Median age today48 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Malene per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesFranceNorwayeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year1977 · 10
  • Born in 20250
  • All time164

How popular is Malene?

Its best year was 1977, when 10 babies were given the name, ranking 6156th. The typical living American called Malene is about 48 years old today.

Names that sound like Malene

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Marlene0.89
  2. Alene0.88
  3. Allene0.84
  4. Darlene0.79
  5. Carlene0.79
  6. Jaylene0.79
  7. Kaylene0.79
  8. Karlene0.79

Middle names for Malene

Ranked by flow score
  1. Malene Rose0.83
  2. Malene Grace0.83
  3. Malene Louise0.83
  4. Malene Claire0.82
  5. Malene Quinn0.82
  6. Malene Kate0.82

Sibling names for Malene

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Jaimeeither · 0.55
  2. Georginasister · 0.55
  3. Damonbrother · 0.54
  4. Jasonbrother · 0.54
  5. Larasister · 0.53
  6. Jennifersister · 0.51

Where Malene is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Malene White0.78
    2. Malene Nguyen0.78
    3. Malene Hill0.78
    4. Malene Hall0.78
    5. Malene Brown0.78
    6. Malene Young0.75

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Malene

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. France1900–2025
    3. Norway1945–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.