Malik

Last seen for girls in 2014 at #14,558 · #437 for boys in 2025, 724 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1996 · 4,026 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
1 yr
of 146 years
Total births · boys
49,607
since 1949

Malik over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201994peak #97, 1996boys
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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—#437724
2024—#428740
2023—#383835
2022—#394808
2021—#392810
2020—#373838
2019—#363886
2018—#373874
2017—#378869
2016—#382844
2015—#375862
2014#14,5586#372842
2013—#341940
2012#16,8695#340913
2011#13,3477#322988
2010#11,2469#2831,192
2009—#2551,359
2008—#2801,218
2007#10,81810#2731,255
2006—#2891,191
2005#13,0107#2651,253
2004#16,0995#2431,377
2003#13,8446#2291,506
2002—#2111,659
2001#12,0567#1971,864
2000#7,15814#1762,084
1999#7,23913#1652,246
1998#6,07316#1382,694
1997#5,62617#1113,381
1996#4,30624#974,026
1995#3,58530#1312,707
1994#9,5868#308853
1993#10,5887#331766
1992#8,7349#394582
1991—#521368
1990#11,4096#557328
1989—#671223
1988#11,7985#755158
1987—#735154
1986—#806127
1985#10,6775#798124
1984—#818114
1983—#813115
1982—#834113
1981#10,4115#760131
1980#9,0956#665168
1979—#708147
1978—#649167
1977#7,5677#709144
1976#6,0489#706139
1975—#750123
1974—#769110
1973#8,4235#718126
1972—#692134
1971#7,3886#719132
1970#7,9955#732126
1969—#1,08651
1968—#1,25836
1967—#1,71121
1966—#1,89117
1965—#2,9828
1964—#3,6016
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First appearance
1949

The first year at least five boys were named Malik! It came in at #3,690, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1949–1951, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Malik is popular in 1994

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Malik, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Malik, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Malik, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Malik, so not publishedNHWashington: #437 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,747 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Malik, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Malik, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Malik, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #397 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,852 boysMNIllinois: #294 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 1,919 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Malik, so not publishedWIMichigan: #325 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 2,601 boysMINew York: #130 for boys · 160 births · 1 in 786 boysNYMassachusetts: #307 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 2,971 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Malik, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Malik, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Malik, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Malik, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Malik, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Malik, so not publishedIAIndiana: #541 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,274 boysINOhio: #315 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 2,940 boysOHPennsylvania: #132 for boys · 87 births · 1 in 843 boysPANew Jersey: #247 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 1,944 boysNJConnecticut: #225 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,797 boysCTCalifornia: #406 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 3,558 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Malik, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Malik, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Malik, so not publishedNEMissouri: #332 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,893 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Malik, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Malik, so not publishedWVVirginia: #180 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 1,139 boysVAMaryland: #117 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 668 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Malik, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Malik, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Malik, so not publishedNMKansas: #391 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,098 boysKSArkansas: #330 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,313 boysARTennessee: #415 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,845 boysTNNorth Carolina: #163 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 932 boysNCSouth Carolina: #199 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,088 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #34 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 154 boysDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Malik, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #440 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,810 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Malik, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Malik, so not publishedALGeorgia: #218 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 1,265 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Malik, so not publishedHITexas: #757 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 9,009 boysTXFlorida: #396 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 2,946 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. District of Columbia#34 · 1 in 154
  2. Maryland#117 · 1 in 668
  3. New York#130 · 1 in 786
  4. Pennsylvania#132 · 1 in 843
  5. North Carolina#163 · 1 in 932

Best ever in a state: #6 in District of Columbia, 1996.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#34411 in 154
Maryland#117451 in 668
New York#1301601 in 786
Pennsylvania#132871 in 843
North Carolina#163481 in 932
Virginia#180361 in 1,139
South Carolina#199191 in 1,088
Georgia#218381 in 1,265
Connecticut#225111 in 1,797
New Jersey#247261 in 1,944
Illinois#294441 in 1,919
Massachusetts#307131 in 2,971
Ohio#315251 in 2,940
Michigan#325241 in 2,601
Arkansas#33061 in 2,313
Missouri#332121 in 2,893
Kansas#39151 in 3,098
Florida#396291 in 2,946
Minnesota#39761 in 4,852
California#406751 in 3,558
Tennessee#41591 in 3,845
Washington#43791 in 3,747
Louisiana#440101 in 2,810
Indiana#54161 in 6,274
Texas#757171 in 9,009
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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 Malik
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 9 spots since 2024 (#428 → #437)
  • 64 spots since 2020 (#373 → #437)
  • 62 spots since 2015 (#375 → #437)
  • Biggest jump: 354 spots in 1970 (#1,086 → #732)
  • Biggest drop: 95 spots in 1981 (#665 → #760)
Rise & fade · boys
47 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1949
  • Peaked 1996 at #97 (4,026 births)
  • Births halved by 2001, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 1 yr · 1996
  • Top 1,000: 56 yrs · run 1970–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 471
  • Highest: 1 in 471 boys born in 1996 were named Malik (0.21%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,359 boys born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 36.2% of all boys named Malik (17,951) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s5#3,690 (1949)#3,690
1950s6#3,373 (1952)#3,373
1960s139#1,086 (1969)#2,088
1970s1,348#649 (1978)#715
1980s1,427#665 (1980)#766
1990s17,951#97 (1996)#275
2000s14,766#176 (2000)#242
2010s9,210#283 (2010)#353
2020s4,755#373 (2020)#401

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.

Malik in 1994

girls
#9,586
8 births · 1 in 223,219 girls
boys
#308
853 births · 1 in 2,265 boys

Top girls' names in 1994

  1. #1Jessica32,122
  2. #2Ashley30,281
  3. #3Emily24,154
  4. #4Samantha22,824
  5. #5Sarah22,299
  6. #6Taylor20,734
  7. #7Brittany18,900
  8. #8Amanda18,718
  9. #9Elizabeth16,786
  10. #10Megan16,580
  11. #9,586Malik8

Top boys' names in 1994

  1. #1Michael44,477
  2. #2Christopher34,807
  3. #3Matthew33,654
  4. #4Joshua31,374
  5. #5Tyler30,482
  6. #6Brandon29,492
  7. #7Jacob29,417
  8. #8Daniel28,065
  9. #9Nicholas27,770
  10. #10Andrew26,019
  11. #308Malik853
More about 1994

girls

1,785,753 girls got a published name in 1994; 1 in 223,219 of them was named Malik, which outranked 39.2% of the 15,759 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Malik
  1. #8,804Ziana9
  2. #8,804Zissy9
  3. #8,804Zita9
  4. #9,586Malik8
  5. #9,586Aaliyan8
  6. #9,586Abagale8
  7. #9,586Abbye8
  8. #10,569Aalia7
  9. #10,569Aaminah7
  10. #10,569Aarion7

Tied with 982 names at #9,586; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,523Nohely#5,419 → #896
  2. ↑ 4,322Aaliyah#4,524 → #202
  3. ↑ 2,306Zana#3,108 → #802
  4. ↑ 1,711Aliyah#2,068 → #357
  5. ↑ 1,430Zhane#2,012 → #582
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,015Coraima#875 → #1,890
  2. ↓ 799Kalene#929 → #1,728
  3. ↓ 656Deyanira#938 → #1,594
  4. ↓ 577Crysta#968 → #1,545
  5. ↓ 562Hilary#647 → #1,209

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

boys

1,932,031 boys got a published name in 1994; 1 in 2,265 of them was named Malik, which outranked 97.0% of the 10,245 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Malik
  1. #305Conor866
  2. #306Roy863
  3. #307Zackery861
  4. #308Malik853
  5. #308Devante853
  6. #310Quinton842
  7. #311Ross838
  8. #312Dean835

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,574Tyrin#2,509 → #935
  2. ↑ 714River#1,638 → #924
  3. ↑ 472Bryton#1,460 → #988
  4. ↑ 463Kahlil#1,444 → #981
  5. ↑ 446Jayden#1,295 → #849
Fallers
  1. ↓ 551Garth#965 → #1,516
  2. ↓ 364Jordy#828 → #1,192
  3. ↓ 342Montel#889 → #1,231
  4. ↓ 289Darrel#889 → #1,178
  5. ↓ 245Deante#859 → #1,104

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

See the top 100 for 1994 →