Mallory
Girl nameMallory has been given to 60,144 babies in the U.S. since 1914. It peaked in 1986 and currently ranks #372 for girls (2025).
Meaning & origin /ˈmæləɹi/
From an Anglo-Norman nickname for an unfortunate person, from Old French maleure, malheure (“unhappy, unlucky”) (whence French malheur), from mal (“bad”) +‎ eur (“fortune”).
Origin: surnames
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
60,144
Peak year
1986 (3,348 babies)
Rank in 2025
#372 for girls
First recorded
1914
10-year trend
▼ -2%
Gender split
98% girls / 2% boys
Famous people named Mallory
Mallory Swanson
American soccer player
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
Names with a similar vibe
Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Mallory.
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