Malcom
#1,771 for boys in 2025, 91 births
- Peak · boys
- 1992 · 186 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,864since 1880
Malcom over time
Rank among boys' names. Malcom has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,771 | 91 |
| 2024 | #1,735 | 95 |
| 2023 | #1,787 | 90 |
| 2022 | #1,892 | 83 |
| 2021 | #2,000 | 74 |
| 2020 | #1,833 | 81 |
| 2019 | #1,868 | 80 |
| 2018 | #2,617 | 48 |
| 2017 | #3,006 | 39 |
| 2016 | #2,993 | 39 |
| 2015 | #2,528 | 49 |
| 2014 | #3,891 | 26 |
| 2013 | #2,848 | 40 |
| 2012 | #2,716 | 44 |
| 2011 | #2,504 | 49 |
| 2010 | #2,682 | 45 |
| 2009 | #3,551 | 30 |
| 2008 | #2,265 | 58 |
| 2007 | #2,139 | 63 |
| 2006 | #2,176 | 59 |
| 2005 | #2,433 | 47 |
| 2004 | #1,974 | 61 |
| 2003 | #2,180 | 50 |
| 2002 | #1,772 | 65 |
| 2001 | #1,800 | 62 |
| 2000 | #1,815 | 59 |
| 1999 | #1,449 | 80 |
| 1998 | #1,449 | 78 |
| 1997 | #1,182 | 101 |
| 1996 | #1,246 | 89 |
| 1995 | #1,300 | 82 |
| 1994 | #1,041 | 114 |
| 1993 | #965 | 124 |
| 1992 | #765 | 186 |
| 1991 | #893 | 139 |
| 1990 | #878 | 137 |
| 1989 | #985 | 107 |
| 1988 | #1,108 | 81 |
| 1987 | #1,188 | 66 |
| 1986 | #1,127 | 70 |
| 1985 | #1,764 | 34 |
| 1984 | #1,690 | 34 |
| 1983 | #2,577 | 18 |
| 1982 | #1,929 | 28 |
| 1981 | #1,811 | 31 |
| 1980 | #2,213 | 23 |
| 1979 | #1,711 | 33 |
| 1978 | #1,487 | 39 |
| 1977 | #1,707 | 31 |
| 1976 | #1,646 | 32 |
| 1975 | #1,753 | 28 |
| 1974 | #1,311 | 42 |
| 1973 | #1,612 | 29 |
| 1972 | #1,262 | 43 |
| 1971 | #1,466 | 34 |
| 1970 | #1,374 | 37 |
| 1969 | #1,440 | 31 |
| 1968 | #1,506 | 27 |
| 1967 | #1,388 | 30 |
| 1966 | #1,043 | 49 |
| 1965 | #881 | 69 |
| 1964 | #1,161 | 44 |
| 1963 | #1,069 | 51 |
| 1962 | #1,121 | 47 |
| 1961 | #1,148 | 47 |
| 1960 | #1,045 | 54 |
| 1959 | #1,034 | 55 |
| 1958 | #950 | 64 |
| 1957 | #957 | 63 |
| 1956 | #934 | 64 |
| 1955 | #995 | 57 |
| 1954 | #1,029 | 53 |
| 1953 | #1,046 | 48 |
| 1952 | #1,136 | 42 |
| 1951 | #1,123 | 41 |
| 1950 | #1,086 | 42 |
| 1949 | #1,163 | 37 |
| 1948 | #1,346 | 29 |
| 1947 | #1,696 | 20 |
| 1946 | #1,299 | 29 |
| 1945 | #1,180 | 31 |
| 1944 | #1,525 | 20 |
| 1943 | #1,155 | 35 |
| 1942 | #1,334 | 27 |
| 1941 | #1,108 | 35 |
| 1940 | #1,107 | 35 |
| 1939 | #1,168 | 31 |
| 1938 | #1,062 | 37 |
| 1937 | #1,372 | 24 |
| 1936 | #1,243 | 28 |
| 1935 | #1,165 | 32 |
| 1934 | #1,425 | 23 |
| 1933 | #961 | 43 |
| 1932 | #1,175 | 33 |
| 1931 | #1,050 | 41 |
| 1930 | #1,093 | 40 |
| 1929 | #1,094 | 40 |
| 1928 | #927 | 53 |
| 1927 | #1,041 | 45 |
| 1926 | #1,092 | 42 |
| 1925 | #1,053 | 43 |
| 1924 | #1,071 | 44 |
| 1923 | #1,322 | 30 |
| 1922 | #1,084 | 42 |
| 1921 | #1,069 | 43 |
| 1920 | #987 | 48 |
| 1919 | #1,321 | 29 |
| 1918 | #1,231 | 32 |
| 1917 | #1,152 | 34 |
| 1916 | #1,206 | 30 |
| 1915 | #1,241 | 28 |
| 1914 | #1,300 | 21 |
| 1913 | #1,112 | 21 |
| 1912 | #918 | 24 |
| 1911 | #1,117 | 10 |
| 1910 | #859 | 13 |
| 1909 | #1,020 | 9 |
| 1908 | #1,113 | 7 |
| 1907 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | #874 | 8 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #885 | 7 |
| 1897 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | #1,101 | 5 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #787 | 8 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #936 | 5 |
| 1884 | #848 | 6 |
| 1883 | #799 | 6 |
| 1882 | #943 | 5 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #909 | 5 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Malcom was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1882, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Malcom
- 36 spots since 2024 (#1,735 → #1,771)
- 62 spots since 2020 (#1,833 → #1,771)
- 757 spots since 2015 (#2,528 → #1,771)
- Biggest jump: 334 spots in 1920 (#1,321 → #987)
- Biggest drop: 464 spots in 1934 (#961 → #1,425)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1992 at #765 (186 births)
- Births halved by 1995, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 1989–1993
- Highest: 1 in 10,739 boys born in 1992 were named Malcom (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 18,770 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 19.3% of all boys named Malcom (1,130) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 27 | #799 (1883) | #887 |
| 1890s | 25 | #787 (1894) | #958 |
| 1900s | 35 | #874 (1904) | #1,089 |
| 1910s | 242 | #859 (1910) | #1,146 |
| 1920s | 430 | #927 (1928) | #1,074 |
| 1930s | 332 | #961 (1933) | #1,171 |
| 1940s | 298 | #1,107 (1940) | #1,291 |
| 1950s | 529 | #934 (1956) | #1,029 |
| 1960s | 449 | #881 (1965) | #1,180 |
| 1970s | 348 | #1,262 (1972) | #1,533 |
| 1980s | 492 | #985 (1989) | #1,639 |
| 1990s | 1,130 | #765 (1992) | #1,117 |
| 2000s | 554 | #1,772 (2002) | #2,211 |
| 2010s | 459 | #1,868 (2019) | #2,765 |
| 2020s | 514 | #1,735 (2024) | #1,836 |
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.
Malcom in 1961
Top boys' names in 1961
More about 1961
boys
2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 45,196 of them was named Malcom, which outranked 75.3% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,136Pamela48
- #1,136Renaldo48
- #1,136Rigoberto48
- #1,148Malcom47
- #1,148Antone47
- #1,148Corwin47
- #1,148Dereck47
- #1,156Bartley46
- #1,156Caesar46
- #1,156Dario46
Tied with 7 names at #1,148; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.