Malaika

Where Malaika comes from

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  • Vowel-ended
Malaika through the years
  1. 1968
    First appearance
    #5,147 among girls with 8 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1972
    Peak, #1,380
    72 babies named Malaika, its best rank.
  3. 1975
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #2,278.
In the dictionary

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