Given name & surname
Malloy
“a noble chief”
Malloy is a variant of Molloy. One Irish interpretation is “a noble chief.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Malloy is a variant of Molloy. One Irish interpretation is “a noble chief.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Malloy is a variant of Molloy. An origin associated with Molloy is Irish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1941. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Malloy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 52
- 52 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,503 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,503 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 2017. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 199 as a first name in 2020; 16,024 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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