Malcolm
Last seen for girls in 1991 at #10,271 · #272 for boys in 2025, 1,257 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1928 · 666 births
- Debut · boys
- 18 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 70,209since 1880
Malcolm over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Malcolm has never cracked the top 200 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 | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #272 | 1,257 | |
| 2024 | — | #314 | 1,093 | |
| 2023 | — | #293 | 1,131 | |
| 2022 | — | #283 | 1,220 | |
| 2021 | — | #281 | 1,230 | |
| 2020 | — | #290 | 1,170 | |
| 2019 | — | #327 | 1,022 | |
| 2018 | — | #393 | 806 | |
| 2017 | — | #392 | 814 | |
| 2016 | — | #408 | 784 | |
| 2015 | — | #421 | 741 | |
| 2014 | — | #442 | 682 | |
| 2013 | — | #442 | 650 | |
| 2012 | — | #467 | 585 | |
| 2011 | — | #497 | 525 | |
| 2010 | — | #521 | 496 | |
| 2009 | — | #599 | 432 | |
| 2008 | — | #545 | 482 | |
| 2007 | — | #568 | 453 | |
| 2006 | — | #541 | 468 | |
| 2005 | — | #540 | 448 | |
| 2004 | — | #533 | 444 | |
| 2003 | — | #487 | 507 | |
| 2002 | — | #426 | 582 | |
| 2001 | — | #408 | 614 | |
| 2000 | — | #368 | 715 | |
| 1999 | — | #366 | 712 | |
| 1998 | — | #366 | 702 | |
| 1997 | — | #338 | 766 | |
| 1996 | — | #313 | 841 | |
| 1995 | — | #301 | 887 | |
| 1994 | — | #277 | 979 | |
| 1993 | — | #236 | 1,225 | |
| 1992 | — | #206 | 1,495 | |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | #230 | 1,299 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #241 | 1,158 |
| 1989 | — | #274 | 905 | |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 | #307 | 740 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #324 | 633 |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | #359 | 528 |
| 1985 | — | #434 | 386 | |
| 1984 | — | #505 | 279 | |
| 1983 | — | #567 | 221 | |
| 1982 | — | #491 | 299 | |
| 1981 | — | #509 | 275 | |
| 1980 | — | #533 | 261 | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #487 | 290 |
| 1978 | — | #469 | 296 | |
| 1977 | — | #440 | 325 | |
| 1976 | — | #423 | 338 | |
| 1975 | — | #400 | 367 | |
| 1974 | — | #427 | 337 | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #392 | 390 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #371 | 450 |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | #354 | 518 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #349 | 537 |
| 1969 | — | #373 | 441 | |
| 1968 | — | #379 | 421 | |
| 1967 | — | #362 | 430 | |
| 1966 | — | #352 | 453 | |
| 1965 | — | #305 | 614 | |
| 1964 | — | #360 | 471 | |
| 1963 | — | #354 | 485 | |
| 1962 | — | #341 | 520 | |
| 1961 | — | #343 | 526 | |
| 1960 | — | #332 | 546 | |
| 1959 | — | #348 | 500 | |
| 1958 | — | #308 | 603 | |
| 1957 | — | #326 | 562 | |
| 1956 | — | #311 | 569 | |
| 1955 | — | #296 | 593 | |
| 1954 | — | #291 | 597 | |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #302 | 546 |
| 1952 | — | #282 | 602 | |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | #281 | 588 |
| 1950 | — | #290 | 540 | |
| 1949 | — | #295 | 520 | |
| 1948 | — | #290 | 549 | |
| 1947 | — | #269 | 630 | |
| 1946 | — | #248 | 626 | |
| 1945 | — | #255 | 511 | |
| 1944 | — | #245 | 549 | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #216 | 674 |
| 1942 | — | #234 | 577 | |
| 1941 | — | #249 | 497 | |
| 1940 | — | #226 | 548 | |
| 1939 | — | #227 | 522 | |
| 1938 | — | #222 | 542 | |
| 1937 | — | #236 | 502 | |
| 1936 | — | #219 | 531 | |
| 1935 | — | #220 | 545 | |
| 1934 | — | #231 | 499 | |
| 1933 | — | #219 | 525 | |
| 1932 | — | #215 | 572 | |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | #213 | 584 |
| 1930 | — | #229 | 558 | |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | #213 | 597 |
| 1928 | — | #205 | 666 | |
| 1927 | #3,284 | 9 | #217 | 613 |
| 1926 | — | #217 | 629 | |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | #218 | 618 |
| 1924 | — | #210 | 639 | |
| 1923 | — | #207 | 623 | |
| 1922 | — | #239 | 548 | |
| 1921 | — | #223 | 599 | |
| 1920 | — | #227 | 556 | |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | #236 | 499 |
| 1918 | — | #236 | 508 | |
| 1917 | — | #206 | 544 | |
| 1916 | — | #224 | 476 | |
| 1915 | — | #221 | 464 | |
| 1914 | — | #240 | 317 | |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | #220 | 288 |
| 1912 | — | #225 | 233 | |
| 1911 | — | #209 | 140 | |
| 1910 | — | #263 | 86 | |
| 1909 | — | #240 | 83 | |
| 1908 | — | #238 | 78 | |
| 1907 | — | #286 | 54 | |
| 1906 | — | #293 | 48 | |
| 1905 | — | #241 | 65 | |
| 1904 | — | #277 | 46 | |
| 1903 | — | #266 | 48 | |
| 1902 | — | #256 | 52 | |
| 1901 | — | #294 | 35 | |
| 1900 | — | #277 | 55 | |
| 1899 | — | #294 | 35 | |
| 1898 | — | #288 | 40 | |
| 1897 | — | #339 | 30 | |
| 1896 | — | #260 | 48 | |
| 1895 | — | #316 | 33 | |
| 1894 | — | #298 | 34 | |
| 1893 | — | #341 | 27 | |
| 1892 | — | #341 | 30 | |
| 1891 | — | #297 | 31 | |
| 1890 | — | #335 | 27 | |
| 1889 | — | #338 | 27 | |
| 1888 | — | #359 | 26 | |
| 1887 | — | #356 | 21 | |
| 1886 | — | #336 | 25 | |
| 1885 | — | #498 | 14 | |
| 1884 | — | #433 | 18 | |
| 1883 | — | #346 | 23 | |
| 1882 | — | #399 | 20 | |
| 1881 | — | #416 | 17 | |
| 1880 | — | #403 | 18 | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Malcolm was already there! It came in at #403, and was given to 18 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1885, when fewer than 19 boys a year got the name.
Where Malcolm is popular in 2012
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Delaware#184 · 1 in 710
- Maine#230 · 1 in 948
- South Carolina#230 · 1 in 1,162
- Massachusetts#265 · 1 in 1,561
- Maryland#278 · 1 in 1,387
Best ever in a state: #45 in New Hampshire, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | #184 | 5 | 1 in 710 |
| Maine | #230 | 5 | 1 in 948 |
| South Carolina | #230 | 18 | 1 in 1,162 |
| Massachusetts | #265 | 19 | 1 in 1,561 |
| Maryland | #278 | 20 | 1 in 1,387 |
| Virginia | #315 | 24 | 1 in 1,743 |
| Louisiana | #342 | 15 | 1 in 1,612 |
| Michigan | #346 | 25 | 1 in 1,906 |
| Kansas | #352 | 10 | 1 in 1,609 |
| Oregon | #355 | 11 | 1 in 1,643 |
| Washington | #359 | 20 | 1 in 1,796 |
| Connecticut | #374 | 6 | 1 in 2,393 |
| Arkansas | #375 | 8 | 1 in 1,785 |
| Minnesota | #388 | 12 | 1 in 2,308 |
| New Mexico | #403 | 5 | 1 in 1,939 |
| Alabama | #415 | 10 | 1 in 2,220 |
| Illinois | #426 | 26 | 1 in 2,558 |
| Florida | #434 | 34 | 1 in 2,705 |
| Mississippi | #449 | 6 | 1 in 2,242 |
| North Carolina | #463 | 17 | 1 in 2,974 |
| Georgia | #475 | 19 | 1 in 2,843 |
| Kentucky | #477 | 7 | 1 in 3,169 |
| Wisconsin | #479 | 9 | 1 in 3,032 |
| Pennsylvania | #481 | 18 | 1 in 3,346 |
| California | #486 | 64 | 1 in 3,601 |
| Missouri | #505 | 10 | 1 in 3,175 |
| New Jersey | #513 | 12 | 1 in 3,456 |
| Indiana | #514 | 11 | 1 in 3,243 |
| Texas | #521 | 51 | 1 in 3,483 |
| Ohio | #523 | 16 | 1 in 3,735 |
| Tennessee | #525 | 11 | 1 in 3,254 |
| Arizona | #601 | 9 | 1 in 4,110 |
| New York | #721 | 19 | 1 in 5,490 |
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| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 42 spots since 2024 (#314 → #272)
- 18 spots since 2020 (#290 → #272)
- 149 spots since 2015 (#421 → #272)
- Biggest jump: 162 spots in 1886 (#498 → #336)
- Biggest drop: 87 spots in 1884 (#346 → #433)
Rise & fade · boys
48 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1928 at #205 (666 births)
- Births halved by 1977, 49 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 146 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,336
- Highest: 1 in 1,336 boys born in 1992 were named Malcolm (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,359 boys born in 2025 (0.07%)
- Its best rank, #205 in 1928, was only 1 in 1,663 (0.06%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 14.3% of all boys named Malcolm (10,064) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 209 | #336 (1886) | #388 |
| 1890s | 335 | #260 (1896) | #311 |
| 1900s | 564 | #238 (1908) | #267 |
| 1910s | 3,555 | #206 (1917) | #228 |
| 1920s | 6,088 | #205 (1928) | #218 |
| 1930s | 5,380 | #213 (1931) | #223 |
| 1940s | 5,681 | #216 (1943) | #253 |
| 1950s | 5,700 | #281 (1951) | #304 |
| 1960s | 4,907 | #305 (1965) | #350 |
| 1970s | 3,848 | #349 (1970) | #411 |
| 1980s | 4,527 | #274 (1989) | #430 |
| 1990s | 10,064 | #206 (1992) | #287 |
| 2000s | 5,145 | #368 (2000) | #502 |
| 2010s | 7,105 | #327 (2019) | #431 |
| 2020s | 7,101 | #272 (2025) | #289 |
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.
Malcolm in 2012
boys
#467
585 births · 1 in 3,243 boys
Top boys' names in 2012
More about 2012
boys
1,896,946 boys got a published name in 2012; 1 in 3,243 of them was named Malcolm, which outranked 96.7% of the 14,250 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Malcolm
Biggest movers since 2011
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.