Malachy
- #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
- Peak · boys
- 1897 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 690since 1897
Malachy over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Malachy has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,243 | 9 |
| 2024 | #5,904 | 15 |
| 2023 | #5,255 | 18 |
| 2022 | #5,215 | 18 |
| 2021 | #5,562 | 16 |
| 2020 | #4,698 | 20 |
| 2019 | #5,555 | 16 |
| 2018 | #7,136 | 11 |
| 2017 | #5,111 | 18 |
| 2016 | #4,199 | 24 |
| 2015 | #5,999 | 14 |
| 2014 | #4,866 | 19 |
| 2013 | #4,804 | 19 |
| 2012 | #7,050 | 11 |
| 2011 | #5,675 | 15 |
| 2010 | #3,812 | 27 |
| 2009 | #5,334 | 17 |
| 2008 | #4,044 | 25 |
| 2007 | #3,793 | 27 |
| 2006 | #4,223 | 22 |
| 2005 | #4,464 | 19 |
| 2004 | #4,129 | 21 |
| 2003 | #3,044 | 31 |
| 2002 | #2,685 | 35 |
| 2001 | #3,143 | 28 |
| 2000 | #4,573 | 16 |
| 1999 | #4,341 | 16 |
| 1998 | #4,873 | 13 |
| 1997 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,257 | 7 |
| 1956 | — | |
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| 1954 | — | |
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| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,862 | 8 |
| 1946 | — | |
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| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | #4,001 | 5 |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | — | |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | — | |
| 1921 | #4,322 | 5 |
| 1920 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | — | |
| 1914 | #3,264 | 5 |
| 1913 | — | |
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| 1897 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1897
The first year at least five boys were named Malachy! It came in at #1,057, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1897–1937, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Malachy is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Malachy in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Malachy
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 2,339 spots since 2024 (#5,904 → #8,243)
- 3,545 spots since 2020 (#4,698 → #8,243)
- 2,244 spots since 2015 (#5,999 → #8,243)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1897
- Peaked 1897 at #1,057 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1898, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 22,551
- Highest: 1 in 22,551 boys born in 1897 were named Malachy (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 189,786 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 34.9% of all boys named Malachy (241) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,057 (1897) | #1,057 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 10 | #3,264 (1914) | #3,722 |
| 1920s | 20 | #4,197 (1925) | #4,252 |
| 1930s | 16 | #3,175 (1938) | #3,646 |
| 1940s | 8 | #2,862 (1947) | #2,862 |
| 1950s | 13 | #3,257 (1957) | #3,293 |
| 1960s | 11 | #3,652 (1961) | #3,894 |
| 1970s | 17 | #3,370 (1971) | #3,887 |
| 1980s | 21 | #5,926 (1986) | #6,358 |
| 1990s | 58 | #4,341 (1999) | #6,152 |
| 2000s | 241 | #2,685 (2002) | #3,943 |
| 2010s | 174 | #3,812 (2010) | #5,421 |
| 2020s | 96 | #4,698 (2020) | #5,813 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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