# Mallory (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mallory/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | “unhappy”, “unlucky”, “bad”, “fortune” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmæləɹi/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 60,144 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,100 / 59,044 (98% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 355, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From an Anglo-Norman nickname for an unfortunate person, from Old French maleure, malheure (“unhappy, unlucky”) (whence French malheur), from mal (“bad”) + eur (“fortune”).

## What it means

Mallory is grouped under rich.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,098 | 290 |
| 2012 | 960 | 326 |
| 2013 | 992 | 328 |
| 2014 | 851 | 384 |
| 2015 | 840 | 392 |
| 2016 | 738 | 437 |
| 2017 | 561 | 553 |
| 2018 | 564 | 551 |
| 2019 | 548 | 557 |
| 2020 | 521 | 566 |
| 2021 | 556 | 549 |
| 2022 | 583 | 533 |
| 2023 | 716 | 432 |
| 2024 | 768 | 412 |
| 2025 | 825 | 372 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 16 | 3,545 |
| 1990 | 14 | 4,113 |
| 1991 | 10 | 5,351 |
| 1992 | 15 | 4,033 |
| 1993 | 11 | 5,237 |
| 1995 | 11 | 5,379 |
| 1996 | 7 | 7,666 |
| 1997 | 6 | 8,855 |
| 1998 | 11 | 5,696 |
| 1999 | 6 | 9,457 |
| 2000 | 6 | 9,855 |
| 2002 | 6 | 10,185 |
| 2004 | 13 | 6,018 |
| 2007 | 6 | 11,823 |
| 2023 | 6 | 11,734 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 2,636 |
| 2012 | 12 | 2,215 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,887 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,659 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,945 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,367 |
| 2017 | 7 | 3,229 |
| 2018 | 20 | 1,526 |
| 2019 | 16 | 1,782 |
| 2020 | 17 | 1,687 |
| 2021 | 22 | 1,402 |
| 2022 | 35 | 982 |
| 2023 | 34 | 1,008 |
| 2024 | 31 | 1,097 |
| 2025 | 32 | 1,051 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 4 | 3,208 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |

## People named Mallory

- Mallory Swanson, American soccer player
- Mallory Jansen, Australian actress
- Mallory Burdette, American tennis player
- Mallory Franklin, British slalom canoeist
- Mallory Comerford, American swimmer
- Mallory Hagan, American politician
- Mallory McMorrow, American politician (born 1986)
- Mallory Velte, American freestyle wrestler
- Mallory Cecil, American tennis player
- Jane Birkin, British-French actress and singer (1946–2023)
- John Asher, American actor and director
- Kass Morgan, American literary editor and writer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.