Malique
- Last seen for girls in 2001 at #13,521
- #7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
- Given to boys 99.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1996 · 123 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,952since 1989
Malique over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Malique 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 | — | #7,194 | 11 | |
| 2024 | — | #4,321 | 24 | |
| 2023 | — | #5,927 | 15 | |
| 2022 | — | #4,850 | 20 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,011 | 26 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,918 | 26 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,143 | 37 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,094 | 25 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,781 | 28 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,883 | 27 | |
| 2015 | — | #3,431 | 32 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,532 | 30 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,492 | 49 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,632 | 46 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,852 | 41 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,287 | 56 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,231 | 59 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,186 | 61 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,071 | 66 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,967 | 68 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,603 | 85 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,763 | 71 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,513 | 85 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,414 | 92 | |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | #1,254 | 106 |
| 2000 | — | #1,300 | 99 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,477 | 77 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,017 | 133 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,065 | 119 | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #1,011 | 123 |
| 1995 | — | #1,286 | 83 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,795 | 48 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,295 | 33 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,999 | 22 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,462 | 17 | |
| 1990 | — | #7,178 | 6 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,941 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1989
The first year at least five boys were named Malique! It came in at #6,941, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1989–1990, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.
Where Malique is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Malique in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Malique
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 3,276 spots since 2020 (#3,918 → #7,194)
Rise & fade · boys
7 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1989
- Peaked 1996 at #1,011 (123 births)
- Births halved by 2008, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,371
- Highest: 1 in 14,371 boys born in 1998 were named Malique (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 155,280 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,011 in 1996, was only 1 in 15,401 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 40.6% of all boys named Malique (792) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 6 | #6,941 (1989) | #6,941 |
| 1990s | 661 | #1,011 (1996) | #2,359 |
| 2000s | 792 | #1,254 (2001) | #1,730 |
| 2010s | 371 | #2,287 (2010) | #3,213 |
| 2020s | 122 | #3,918 (2020) | #5,037 |
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.
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