Malika
- #2,691 for girls in 2025, 64 births
- Last seen for boys in 2001 at #9,243
- Given to girls 99.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1996 · 183 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,967since 1966
Malika over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Malika 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 | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,691 | 64 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,819 | 59 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,156 | 88 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,277 | 82 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,327 | 78 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,078 | 88 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,109 | 89 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,275 | 80 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,236 | 84 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,221 | 86 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,092 | 54 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,304 | 80 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,804 | 61 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,315 | 81 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,796 | 62 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,159 | 52 | — | |
| 2009 | #4,013 | 38 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,995 | 58 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,787 | 65 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,978 | 57 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,787 | 59 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,396 | 71 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,925 | 94 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,046 | 84 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,686 | 107 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #1,649 | 107 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #1,532 | 111 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,533 | 109 | #6,843 | 8 |
| 1997 | #1,319 | 131 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #1,020 | 183 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,163 | 149 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #1,209 | 145 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,148 | 154 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,174 | 149 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,358 | 120 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,292 | 126 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,701 | 80 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,614 | 80 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,349 | 101 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,620 | 73 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,740 | 65 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,511 | 75 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,496 | 76 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,599 | 73 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,277 | 100 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,380 | 90 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #1,323 | 94 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,115 | 117 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,257 | 95 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,225 | 92 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,038 | 115 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,094 | 106 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,589 | 58 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,541 | 60 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,966 | 43 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,081 | 39 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,102 | 19 | — | |
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| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | — | |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | — | |
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First appearance
1966
The first year at least five girls were named Malika! It came in at #5,809, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1967–1968, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Malika is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Pennsylvania#1,231 · 1 in 7,781
- New York#1,526 · 1 in 9,791
- California#2,767 · 1 in 26,954
Best ever in a state: #206 in District of Columbia, 1974.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | #1,231 | 6 | 1 in 7,781 |
| New York | #1,526 | 8 | 1 in 9,791 |
| California | #2,767 | 6 | 1 in 26,954 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 · girls
Falling
- 128 spots since 2024 (#2,819 → #2,691)
- 613 spots since 2020 (#2,078 → #2,691)
- 401 spots since 2015 (#3,092 → #2,691)
Rise & fade · girls
30 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1966
- Peaked 1996 at #1,020 (183 births)
- Births halved by 2002, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 9,579
- Highest: 1 in 9,579 girls born in 1996 were named Malika (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 25,114 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 27.7% of all girls named Malika (1,377) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30 | #3,102 (1969) | #5,238 |
| 1970s | 819 | #1,038 (1975) | #1,423 |
| 1980s | 813 | #1,277 (1981) | #1,529 |
| 1990s | 1,377 | #1,020 (1996) | #1,275 |
| 2000s | 740 | #1,649 (2000) | #2,526 |
| 2010s | 729 | #2,109 (2019) | #2,531 |
| 2020s | 459 | #2,078 (2020) | #2,391 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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