Name meaning & stats
Mallory
Mallory means “unlucky”. 59,978 US babies since 1940, peak 1986.
What it means
“unlucky”
Well documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1986
59,978 US babies were named Mallory between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Mallory (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 79% of the family
- Mallory 79%
- Mallorie 6%
- Malorie 5%
- Mallori 2%
- Malory 2%
- Malerie 2%
- Malarie 1%
- Malori 1%
- Mallary 1%
- Mallery 1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1986)