Fun Facts About the Name Malana
- More than 1 thousand babies named Malana: U.S. records list 1,210 babies given the name Malana from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Malana Mean?
Malana is a feminine given name whose meaning is not securely documented. The explanation found most often is Hawaiian: the name is treated as a Hawaiian name and tied to a word glossed as "buoyant" or "light." Hawaiian names often come from ordinary words for natural things and qualities, and Malana has the syllable shape of a Hawaiian word, so a Hawaiian setting is plausible; even so, the exact Hawaiian word and its sense are not firmly established. Malana is also sometimes treated as a form of the Slavic name Malina, from a word for "raspberry," or of Milana, from a Slavic root meaning "dear" or "gracious." Those are separate names, and nothing clearly shows that Malana comes from either one.
Malana Name History & Origins
In English-speaking countries, Malana is used as a feminine given name. It is also treated as a Hawaiian name; in Hawaiian naming, names are commonly chosen from words in the Hawaiian language rather than inherited from older European name stocks, so a Hawaiian Malana would have been formed from the language itself instead of from an earlier personal name. The name also appears on the map: Malana is a village in the Parvati Valley of Himachal Pradesh, India, known for its isolated traditional community and for the local hashish called Malana cream. That is a place name and does not explain the personal name. Because the name's background is sparsely documented, broad claims about how it entered English use are hard to support.
How Popular is the Name Malana?
Malana has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2007. Its best rank was #2,737 in 2007.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,019 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 2024 | #6,808 | 17 | 0.0011% |
| 2023 | #4,704 | 29 | 0.0018% |
| 2022 | #4,538 | 31 | 0.0019% |
| 2021 | #5,501 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 2020 | #5,115 | 25 | 0.0015% |
| 2019 | #5,399 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 2018 | #4,301 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 2017 | #4,194 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 2016 | #5,406 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2015 | #5,767 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2014 | #4,324 | 34 | 0.0019% |
| 2013 | #5,095 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2012 | #4,090 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 2011 | #3,702 | 42 | 0.0024% |
| 2010 | #4,562 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 2009 | #3,779 | 42 | 0.0023% |
| 2008 | #3,904 | 41 | 0.0022% |
| 2007 | #2,737 | 67 | 0.0035% |
| 2006 | #3,205 | 52 | 0.0027% |
| 2005 | #3,393 | 45 | 0.0024% |
| 2004 | #3,054 | 51 | 0.0028% |
| 2003 | #4,083 | 33 | 0.0018% |
| 2002 | #4,241 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 2001 | #5,983 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2000 | #5,085 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 1999 | #4,396 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 1998 | #5,722 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1997 | #8,117 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1996 | #7,911 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1995 | #5,845 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1994 | #10,151 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1993 | #6,146 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1992 | #7,834 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1991 | #5,840 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1990 | #8,938 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1989 | #13,674 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1987 | #9,400 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1986 | #10,329 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1984 | #11,452 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #8,601 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1982 | #7,908 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1981 | #7,839 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1980 | #7,141 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1979 | #5,286 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1978 | #4,380 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 1977 | #3,855 | 19 | 0.0012% |
| 1976 | #6,374 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1975 | #4,480 | 14 | 0.0010% |
| 1974 | #4,894 | 12 | 0.0008% |
| 1973 | #5,848 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1972 | #6,973 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1970 | #5,272 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1969 | #8,156 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1968 | #4,660 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1966 | #5,109 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1965 | #7,135 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1962 | #6,294 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1960 | #5,016 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1953 | #4,859 | 7 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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