Malachi
#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births · #134 for boys in 2025, 2,692 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 2,692 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 65,758since 1880
Malachi over time
Rank among boys' names. Malachi has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | #10,107 | 9 | #134 | 2,692 |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | #149 | 2,424 |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 | #146 | 2,482 |
| 2022 | — | #161 | 2,307 | |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | #167 | 2,324 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | #156 | 2,402 |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 | #160 | 2,454 |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 | #154 | 2,514 |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 | #153 | 2,549 |
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 | #154 | 2,634 |
| 2015 | #7,266 | 16 | #158 | 2,602 |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 | #178 | 2,400 |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 | #174 | 2,337 |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 | #167 | 2,329 |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 | #163 | 2,353 |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 | #161 | 2,416 |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 | #166 | 2,352 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #160 | 2,459 |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 | #155 | 2,710 |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 | #150 | 2,776 |
| 2005 | #6,528 | 18 | #162 | 2,553 |
| 2004 | #7,391 | 15 | #179 | 2,246 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #194 | 1,919 |
| 2002 | #7,816 | 13 | #210 | 1,673 |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 | #252 | 1,325 |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 | #351 | 767 |
| 1999 | — | #369 | 706 | |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | #413 | 577 |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 | #442 | 505 |
| 1996 | — | #504 | 414 | |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 | #531 | 359 |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #630 | 271 |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #655 | 247 |
| 1992 | — | #783 | 178 | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #856 | 149 |
| 1990 | — | #949 | 119 | |
| 1989 | — | #956 | 114 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,041 | 90 | |
| 1987 | — | #990 | 92 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,015 | 83 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,066 | 75 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,096 | 67 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,075 | 68 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,310 | 51 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,433 | 44 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,154 | 62 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,137 | 62 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,452 | 41 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,268 | 49 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,333 | 44 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,160 | 53 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,471 | 35 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,548 | 31 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,020 | 20 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,560 | 31 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,794 | 24 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,046 | 17 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,576 | 11 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,966 | 5 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,982 | 8 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,310 | 13 | |
| 1963 | — | #4,048 | 5 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,035 | 16 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,997 | 17 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,535 | 11 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,530 | 11 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,026 | 16 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,093 | 15 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,765 | 20 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,219 | 13 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,114 | 14 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,391 | 11 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,856 | 17 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,774 | 18 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,657 | 20 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,702 | 19 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,519 | 23 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,076 | 14 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,409 | 25 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,009 | 12 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,195 | 11 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,764 | 17 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,496 | 22 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,759 | 16 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,368 | 24 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,425 | 22 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,559 | 19 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,828 | 15 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,062 | 12 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,494 | 21 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,658 | 18 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,456 | 22 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,101 | 13 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,207 | 12 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,753 | 18 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,589 | 10 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,270 | 13 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,959 | 17 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,605 | 22 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,628 | 22 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,776 | 20 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,020 | 16 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,470 | 26 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,904 | 18 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,694 | 21 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,531 | 23 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,165 | 14 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,755 | 18 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,152 | 13 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,600 | 19 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,772 | 13 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,112 | 21 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,137 | 17 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,537 | 6 | |
| 1910 | — | #928 | 12 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,155 | 7 | |
| 1908 | — | #877 | 10 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,345 | 5 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,064 | 6 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,130 | 5 | |
| 1902 | — | #862 | 8 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,310 | 5 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #942 | 6 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #954 | 6 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #1,066 | 5 | |
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | #739 | 8 | |
| 1889 | — | #878 | 6 | |
| 1888 | — | #815 | 7 | |
| 1887 | — | #752 | 7 | |
| 1886 | — | #694 | 8 | |
| 1885 | — | #765 | 7 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #691 | 8 | |
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | #600 | 10 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Malachi was already there! It came in at #600, and was given to 10 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1884, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Malachi
- 15 spots since 2024 (#149 → #134)
- 22 spots since 2020 (#156 → #134)
- 24 spots since 2015 (#158 → #134)
- Biggest jump: 468 spots in 1908 (#1,345 → #877)
- Biggest drop: 609 spots in 1911 (#928 → #1,537)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2025 at #134 (2,692 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1989–2025
- Highest: 1 in 635 boys born in 2025 were named Malachi (0.16%)
- 37.4% of all boys named Malachi (24,588) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 58 | #600 (1880) | #758 |
| 1890s | 30 | #739 (1890) | #933 |
| 1900s | 51 | #862 (1902) | #1,122 |
| 1910s | 156 | #928 (1910) | #1,569 |
| 1920s | 185 | #1,470 (1922) | #1,892 |
| 1930s | 172 | #1,425 (1939) | #1,754 |
| 1940s | 183 | #1,368 (1940) | #1,730 |
| 1950s | 155 | #1,657 (1950) | #2,043 |
| 1960s | 108 | #1,997 (1961) | #2,844 |
| 1970s | 390 | #1,137 (1979) | #1,474 |
| 1980s | 746 | #956 (1989) | #1,114 |
| 1990s | 3,525 | #369 (1999) | #613 |
| 2000s | 20,780 | #150 (2006) | #198 |
| 2010s | 24,588 | #153 (2017) | #162 |
| 2020s | 14,631 | #134 (2025) | #152 |
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.
Malachi in 2001
Top girls' names in 2001
Top boys' names in 2001
More about 2001
girls
1,800,624 girls got a published name in 2001; 1 in 180,062 of them was named Malachi, which outranked 48.0% of the 17,978 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #8,758Zuleyka11
- #8,758Zyah11
- #8,758Zyla11
- #9,351Malachi10
- #9,351Aanika10
- #9,351Abbigaile10
- #9,351Abbye10
- #10,102Aailyah9
- #10,102Aaleyah9
- #10,102Aalijah9
Tied with 750 names at #9,351; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,942,881 boys got a published name in 2001; 1 in 1,466 of them was named Malachi, which outranked 98.0% of the 12,307 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).