Worldwide, Malata (Malata 
) is quite a rare predominantly female, but scarcely masculine forename. The first name Malata is characteristic of India, where it is a rare principally girly, but scarcely boy's name, South Africa, where it is a very rare epicene name, and Nigeria, where it is a very rare mostly girly, but seldom boy's name. More prevalently, Malata is the last name as well as the forename.