Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Malda isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Malda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 17
- 0 boys · 17 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,692 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,692 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 104 as a surname in 2000.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Malda’s family of names
Malda may belong to the same name family as MALLDA. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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