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Name meaning & stats

Mala

Mala means “calm” (Hawaiian origin). 698 US babies since 1940, peak 1956. Notable Malas are 1.1× over-represented as writers.

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What it means

“calm”

HawaiianSpelling of Malia

Malia around the world

  • Малия · Russian
  • ماليا · Arabic
  • マリア · Japanese
  • 玛丽亚 · Chinese
  • Maelia · Latin
  • Mala

In US birth records

Peak year: 1956

40s50s60s70s80s90s00s10s20s

698 US babies were named Mala between 1940 and 2025.

Mala around the world

  • England & Wales: 165 babies since 1996, peak 2020, No. 3,034 in 2025

From official birth registries. Sources are listed on About the data.

Where Malas end up

Careervs expectedConfidence
Writer1.1×Low · 2 people
Actor1.0×Low · 2 people
Politician1.1×Low · 2 people
Professor1.1×Low · 1 people

Among notable women who are writers, Malas show up 1.1× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is.

Notable people of every nationality born 1940–2005 (Wikidata). Patterns, not destiny.

Other spellings

1 in 136 Malias spell it Mala

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 1956)