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

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Peak · boys
#205
1928 · 666 births
Debut · boys
1880
18 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
70,209
since 1880

Malcolm over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Malcolm has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201973peak #205, 1928boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#2721,257
2024—#3141,093
2023—#2931,131
2022—#2831,220
2021—#2811,230
2020—#2901,170
2019—#3271,022
2018—#393806
2017—#392814
2016—#408784
2015—#421741
2014—#442682
2013—#442650
2012—#467585
2011—#497525
2010—#521496
2009—#599432
2008—#545482
2007—#568453
2006—#541468
2005—#540448
2004—#533444
2003—#487507
2002—#426582
2001—#408614
2000—#368715
1999—#366712
1998—#366702
1997—#338766
1996—#313841
1995—#301887
1994—#277979
1993—#2361,225
1992—#2061,495
1991#10,2717#2301,299
1990#12,9585#2411,158
1989—#274905
1988#6,66611#307740
1987#11,3255#324633
1986#7,7498#359528
1985—#434386
1984—#505279
1983—#567221
1982—#491299
1981—#509275
1980—#533261
1979#10,2105#487290
1978—#469296
1977—#440325
1976—#423338
1975—#400367
1974—#427337
1973#8,4235#392390
1972#7,2926#371450
1971#6,6197#354518
1970#7,9955#349537
1969—#373441
1968—#379421
1967—#362430
1966—#352453
1965—#305614
1964—#360471
1963—#354485
1962—#341520
1961—#343526
1960—#332546
1959—#348500
1958—#308603
1957—#326562
1956—#311569
1955—#296593
1954—#291597
1953#5,6735#302546
1952—#282602
1951#5,4145#281588
1950—#290540
1949—#295520
1948—#290549
1947—#269630
1946—#248626
1945—#255511
1944—#245549
1943#4,6915#216674
1942—#234577
1941—#249497
1940—#226548
1939—#227522
1938—#222542
1937—#236502
1936—#219531
1935—#220545
1934—#231499
1933—#219525
1932—#215572
1931#4,3315#213584
1930—#229558
1929#3,6827#213597
1928—#205666
1927#3,2849#217613
1926—#217629
1925#3,3629#218618
1924—#210639
1923—#207623
1922—#239548
1921—#223599
1920—#227556
1919#4,8145#236499
1918—#236508
1917—#206544
1916—#224476
1915—#221464
1914—#240317
1913#3,1875#220288
1912—#225233
1911—#209140
1910—#26386
1909—#24083
1908—#23878
1907—#28654
1906—#29348
1905—#24165
1904—#27746
1903—#26648
1902—#25652
1901—#29435
1900—#27755
1899—#29435
1898—#28840
1897—#33930
1896—#26048
1895—#31633
1894—#29834
1893—#34127
1892—#34130
1891—#29731
1890—#33527
1889—#33827
1888—#35926
1887—#35621
1886—#33625
1885—#49814
1884—#43318
1883—#34623
1882—#39920
1881—#41617
1880—#40318
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.

See more about Malcolm
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s209#336 (1886)#388
1890s335#260 (1896)#311
1900s564#238 (1908)#267
1910s3,555#206 (1917)#228
1920s6,088#205 (1928)#218
1930s5,380#213 (1931)#223
1940s5,681#216 (1943)#253
1950s5,700#281 (1951)#304
1960s4,907#305 (1965)#350
1970s3,848#349 (1970)#411
1980s4,527#274 (1989)#430
1990s10,064#206 (1992)#287
2000s5,145#368 (2000)#502
2010s7,105#327 (2019)#431
2020s7,101#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 1973

girls
#8,423
5 births · 1 in 291,642 girls
boys
#392
390 births · 1 in 3,996 boys

Top girls' names in 1973

  1. #1Jennifer62,448
  2. #2Amy26,962
  3. #3Michelle26,935
  4. #4Kimberly23,531
  5. #5Lisa22,677
  6. #6Melissa22,479
  7. #7Angela20,898
  8. #8Heather19,347
  9. #9Stephanie17,263
  10. #10Rebecca14,868
  11. #8,423Malcolm5

Top boys' names in 1973

  1. #1Michael67,797
  2. #2Christopher48,313
  3. #3Jason46,683
  4. #4James42,836
  5. #5David41,082
  6. #6John39,165
  7. #7Robert38,698
  8. #8Brian35,686
  9. #9William28,018
  10. #10Matthew24,531
  11. #392Malcolm390
More about 1973

girls

1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 291,642 of them was named Malcolm, which outranked 14.1% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Malcolm
  1. #7,435Zane6
  2. #7,435Zerlina6
  3. #7,435Zorina6
  4. #8,423Malcolm5
  5. #8,423Aarti5
  6. #8,423Abbigail5
  7. #8,423Abi5

Tied with 1,387 names at #8,423; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,091Cicely#4,793 → #702
  2. ↑ 2,295Aubrey#3,177 → #882
  3. ↑ 1,847Nyree#2,680 → #833
  4. ↑ 1,533Danyell#2,523 → #990
  5. ↑ 1,496Vonetta#2,311 → #815
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,814Camisha#815 → #2,629
  2. ↓ 470Andra#904 → #1,374
  3. ↓ 416Cherilyn#823 → #1,239
  4. ↓ 284Keena#848 → #1,132
  5. ↓ 281Nicolle#734 → #1,015

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

boys

1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 3,996 of them was named Malcolm, which outranked 93.3% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Malcolm
  1. #389Robin398
  2. #390Loren393
  3. #391Dexter391
  4. #392Malcolm390
  5. #393Wendell389
  6. #394Arnold388
  7. #394Jamey388
Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,348Vashon#3,152 → #804
  2. ↑ 1,405Jory#2,158 → #753
  3. ↑ 348Pernell#1,262 → #914
  4. ↑ 345Enoch#1,307 → #962
  5. ↑ 273Tarik#1,177 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 669Jabbar#917 → #1,586
  2. ↓ 361Wes#993 → #1,354
  3. ↓ 326Paris#797 → #1,123
  4. ↓ 284Christophe#984 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 272Bennett#851 → #1,123

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

See the top 100 for 1973 →