Malva
Meaning and origin
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Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Malva has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2009. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 10 |
| 1999 | 20 |
| 2000 | 31 |
| 2001 | 45 |
| 2002 | 63 |
| 2003 | 70 |
| 2004 | 86 |
| 2005 | 94 |
| 2006 | 107 |
| 2007 | 110 |
| 2008 | 93 |
| 2009 | 132 |
| 2010 | 110 |
| 2011 | 80 |
| 2012 | 80 |
| 2013 | 89 |
| 2014 | 66 |
| 2015 | 70 |
| 2016 | 70 |
| 2017 | 72 |
| 2018 | 81 |
| 2019 | 77 |
| 2020 | 66 |
| 2021 | 98 |
| 2022 | 84 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 89 |
| 2000 | 119 |
| 2001 | 164 |
| 2002 | 225 |
| 2003 | 294 |
| 2004 | 377 |
| 2005 | 469 |
| 2006 | 575 |
| 2007 | 682 |
| 2008 | 778 |
| 2009 | 916 |
| 2010 | 1,028 |
| 2011 | 1,109 |
| 2012 | 1,191 |
| 2013 | 1,274 |
| 2014 | 1,343 |
| 2015 | 1,416 |
| 2016 | 1,486 |
| 2017 | 1,564 |
| 2018 | 1,646 |
| 2019 | 1,718 |
| 2020 | 1,786 |
Malva in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Malva.Hi! My name is Malva.
- Malva har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Malva has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Vet du om Malva kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Malva is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Malvas mamma är lärare.Malva's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Malvas mamma is Malva's mum.
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How popular is Malva in Sweden?
84 babies were named Malva in 2022. In 2020, 1,786 people in Sweden had Malva as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2009 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.