Malcom

#1,771 for boys in 2025, 91 births

Peak · boys
#765
1992 · 186 births
Debut · boys
1880
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,864
since 1880

Malcom over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Malcom has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201994peak #765, 1992boys
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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
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#1,77191
2024#1,73595
2023#1,78790
2022#1,89283
2021#2,00074
2020#1,83381
2019#1,86880
2018#2,61748
2017#3,00639
2016#2,99339
2015#2,52849
2014#3,89126
2013#2,84840
2012#2,71644
2011#2,50449
2010#2,68245
2009#3,55130
2008#2,26558
2007#2,13963
2006#2,17659
2005#2,43347
2004#1,97461
2003#2,18050
2002#1,77265
2001#1,80062
2000#1,81559
1999#1,44980
1998#1,44978
1997#1,182101
1996#1,24689
1995#1,30082
1994#1,041114
1993#965124
1992#765186
1991#893139
1990#878137
1989#985107
1988#1,10881
1987#1,18866
1986#1,12770
1985#1,76434
1984#1,69034
1983#2,57718
1982#1,92928
1981#1,81131
1980#2,21323
1979#1,71133
1978#1,48739
1977#1,70731
1976#1,64632
1975#1,75328
1974#1,31142
1973#1,61229
1972#1,26243
1971#1,46634
1970#1,37437
1969#1,44031
1968#1,50627
1967#1,38830
1966#1,04349
1965#88169
1964#1,16144
1963#1,06951
1962#1,12147
1961#1,14847
1960#1,04554
1959#1,03455
1958#95064
1957#95763
1956#93464
1955#99557
1954#1,02953
1953#1,04648
1952#1,13642
1951#1,12341
1950#1,08642
1949#1,16337
1948#1,34629
1947#1,69620
1946#1,29929
1945#1,18031
1944#1,52520
1943#1,15535
1942#1,33427
1941#1,10835
1940#1,10735
1939#1,16831
1938#1,06237
1937#1,37224
1936#1,24328
1935#1,16532
1934#1,42523
1933#96143
1932#1,17533
1931#1,05041
1930#1,09340
1929#1,09440
1928#92753
1927#1,04145
1926#1,09242
1925#1,05343
1924#1,07144
1923#1,32230
1922#1,08442
1921#1,06943
1920#98748
1919#1,32129
1918#1,23132
1917#1,15234
1916#1,20630
1915#1,24128
1914#1,30021
1913#1,11221
1912#91824
1911#1,11710
1910#85913
1909#1,0209
1908#1,1137
1907#1,3455
1906—
1905#1,0916
1904#8748
1903—
1902—
1901—
1900—
1899—
1898#8857
1897#1,0575
1896#1,1015
1895—
1894#7878
1893—
1892—
1891—
1890—
1889—
1888—
1887—
1886—
1885#9365
1884#8486
1883#7996
1882#9435
1881—
1880#9095
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
112 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1992 at #765 (186 births)
  • Births halved by 1995, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 23 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 1989–1993
Share of babies · boys
1 in 10,739
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 19.3% of all boys named Malcom (1,130) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s27#799 (1883)#887
1890s25#787 (1894)#958
1900s35#874 (1904)#1,089
1910s242#859 (1910)#1,146
1920s430#927 (1928)#1,074
1930s332#961 (1933)#1,171
1940s298#1,107 (1940)#1,291
1950s529#934 (1956)#1,029
1960s449#881 (1965)#1,180
1970s348#1,262 (1972)#1,533
1980s492#985 (1989)#1,639
1990s1,130#765 (1992)#1,117
2000s554#1,772 (2002)#2,211
2010s459#1,868 (2019)#2,765
2020s514#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 1994

boys
#1,041
114 births · 1 in 16,948 boys

Top boys' names in 1994

  1. #1Michael44,477
  2. #2Christopher34,807
  3. #3Matthew33,654
  4. #4Joshua31,374
  5. #5Tyler30,482
  6. #6Brandon29,492
  7. #7Jacob29,417
  8. #8Daniel28,065
  9. #9Nicholas27,770
  10. #10Andrew26,019
  11. #1,041Malcom114
More about 1994

boys

1,932,031 boys got a published name in 1994; 1 in 16,948 of them was named Malcom, which outranked 89.8% of the 10,245 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Malcom
  1. #1,038Damarcus115
  2. #1,038Dave115
  3. #1,038Trevin115
  4. #1,041Malcom114
  5. #1,041Cassidy114
  6. #1,041Cheyenne114
  7. #1,041Donavon114
  8. #1,048Deanthony113
  9. #1,048Dyllan113
  10. #1,048Mariano113

Tied with 6 names at #1,041; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,574Tyrin#2,509 → #935
  2. ↑ 714River#1,638 → #924
  3. ↑ 472Bryton#1,460 → #988
  4. ↑ 463Kahlil#1,444 → #981
  5. ↑ 446Jayden#1,295 → #849
Fallers
  1. ↓ 551Garth#965 → #1,516
  2. ↓ 364Jordy#828 → #1,192
  3. ↓ 342Montel#889 → #1,231
  4. ↓ 289Darrel#889 → #1,178
  5. ↓ 245Deante#859 → #1,104

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

See the top 100 for 1994 →