Mal

Where Mal comes from

Mal hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #745 among boys with 7 babies — the first year on record, and still its best.
  2. 1881
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 1896
    Mal Hallett born
    American musician
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Mal mac Rochride · Legendary High King of Ireland
  • Mal Hallett · American musician, 1896–1952

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.