Malaki

Last seen for girls in 2011 at #16,764 · #1,256 for boys in 2025, 158 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
2007 · 278 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,786
since 1989

Malaki over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Malaki has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202017peak #783, 2007boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,256158
2024—#1,371137
2023—#1,283150
2022—#1,300146
2021—#1,188165
2020—#1,325135
2019—#1,136171
2018—#1,141168
2017—#1,095178
2016—#1,009202
2015—#987209
2014—#1,117171
2013—#1,056179
2012—#962209
2011#16,7645#983199
2010—#841251
2009—#867242
2008—#906229
2007—#783278
2006—#806253
2005—#791245
2004—#925183
2003—#1,093141
2002—#1,098133
2001—#1,40089
2000—#2,19645
1999—#3,03127
1998—#3,19124
1997—#3,35121
1996—#4,18515
1995—#6,4078
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1992—#5,6609
1991—#7,2716
1990—#8,1175
1989—#7,9055
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First appearance
1989

The first year at least five boys were named Malaki! It came in at #7,905, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1993–1994, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Malaki is popular in 2017

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Malaki, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Malaki, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Malaki, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Malaki, so not publishedNHWashington: #706 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,444 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Malaki, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Malaki, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Malaki, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Malaki, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,180 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 10,322 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Malaki, so not publishedWIMichigan: #1,106 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 9,285 boysMINew York: #1,771 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 19,511 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Malaki, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Malaki, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Malaki, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Malaki, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Malaki, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Malaki, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Malaki, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Malaki, so not publishedINOhio: #748 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 5,305 boysOHPennsylvania: #945 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 8,315 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Malaki, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Malaki, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,525 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 19,610 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Malaki, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Malaki, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Malaki, so not publishedNEMissouri: #840 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,121 boysMOKentucky: #564 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,606 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Malaki, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Malaki, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Malaki, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Malaki, so not publishedDEArizona: #868 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,925 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Malaki, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Malaki, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Malaki, so not publishedARTennessee: #758 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,181 boysTNNorth Carolina: #938 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 7,332 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Malaki, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Malaki, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Malaki, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #795 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,771 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Malaki, so not publishedMSAlabama: #728 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,574 boysALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Malaki, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Malaki, so not publishedHITexas: #1,043 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 9,787 boysTXFlorida: #859 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 6,905 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Kentucky#564 · 1 in 3,606
  2. Washington#706 · 1 in 4,444
  3. Alabama#728 · 1 in 4,574
  4. Ohio#748 · 1 in 5,305
  5. Tennessee#758 · 1 in 5,181

Best ever in a state: #217 in West Virginia, 2008.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Kentucky#56461 in 3,606
Washington#70681 in 4,444
Alabama#72851 in 4,574
Ohio#748111 in 5,305
Tennessee#75871 in 5,181
Louisiana#79551 in 4,771
Missouri#84051 in 6,121
Florida#859141 in 6,905
Arizona#86851 in 6,925
North Carolina#93871 in 7,332
Pennsylvania#94571 in 8,315
Texas#1,043181 in 9,787
Michigan#1,10651 in 9,285
Illinois#1,18061 in 10,322
California#1,525111 in 19,610
New York#1,77151 in 19,511
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Malaki
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 115 spots since 2024 (#1,371 → #1,256)
  • 69 spots since 2020 (#1,325 → #1,256)
  • 269 spots since 2015 (#987 → #1,256)
  • Biggest jump: 168 spots in 2004 (#1,093 → #925)
  • Biggest drop: 142 spots in 2011 (#841 → #983)
Rise & fade · boys
18 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1989
  • Peaked 2007 at #783 (278 births)
  • Births halved by 2020, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 2004–2012
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,466
  • Highest: 1 in 7,466 boys born in 2007 were named Malaki (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 10,811 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 40.5% of all boys named Malaki (1,937) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s5#7,905 (1989)#7,905
1990s115#3,031 (1999)#5,152
2000s1,838#783 (2007)#1,087
2010s1,937#841 (2010)#1,033
2020s891#1,188 (2021)#1,287

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.

Malaki in 2017

boys
#1,095
178 births · 1 in 10,399 boys

Top boys' names in 2017

  1. #1Liam18,874
  2. #2Noah18,507
  3. #3William15,046
  4. #4James14,362
  5. #5Logan14,061
  6. #6Benjamin13,858
  7. #7Mason13,602
  8. #8Elijah13,449
  9. #9Jacob13,269
  10. #10Oliver13,224
  11. #1,095Malaki178
More about 2017

boys

1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 10,399 of them was named Malaki, which outranked 92.3% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Malaki
  1. #1,090Jair179
  2. #1,090Konner179
  3. #1,090Palmer179
  4. #1,095Malaki178
  5. #1,095Ean178
  6. #1,095Kyren178
  7. #1,095Shimon178
  8. #1,100Cormac177
  9. #1,100Kalvin177
  10. #1,100Shlomo177

Tied with 4 names at #1,095; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. ↑ 497Wells#1,413 → #916
  2. ↑ 419Kairo#1,221 → #802
  3. ↑ 339Caspian#1,199 → #860
  4. ↑ 313Colson#1,049 → #736
  5. ↑ 311Kace#1,183 → #872
Fallers
  1. ↓ 415Riaan#861 → #1,276
  2. ↓ 292Chevy#980 → #1,272
  3. ↓ 245Kylo#904 → #1,149
  4. ↓ 226Braeden#993 → #1,219
  5. ↓ 194Kamdyn#809 → #1,003

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2017 →