Malo

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A few things about Malo you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Malo

Malo Gusto

French footballer (born 2003)

Choose Malo and your child shares a first name with Malo Gusto, a French footballer. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Malo, like who?” Malo Gusto's Wikipedia article is available in 48 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 156,250 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Malo, 11 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Malo would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryMalo first shows up in US birth records in 1972, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 53 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 1972, when it reached #3,344.

About the name Malo

Malo is a boy name of Hawaiian origin. It has 4 letters and 2 syllables, starting with M and ending in “-alo”. US birth records list Malo for boys from 1972 to 2025, in 11 of those 54 years. Its best year was 1972, when it ranked #3,344 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #7,194, with 11 babies.

Origin:Hawaiian names