Malena is a girl's name of Spanish origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 73 girls in the United States.
Malena belongs to the Spanish tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Malena first appears in Social Security records in 1886. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1056 in 1886, and in 2024 73 babies received the name — 3,977 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Malena is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Spanish origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Malena is a girl name. In 2024, 73 babies received the name in the US.
Malena comes from the Spanish tradition.
Malena first appears in US records in 1886. Its best-ever ranking was #1056 in 1886, and 73 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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