Malik

Where Malik comes from

From Arabic مَالِك (mālik) and مَلِك (malik, “Leader”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Malik
  • Arabic
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 711
    Malik ibn Anas born
    Arab Islamic jurist, theologian and hadith traditionist
  2. 1949
    First appearance
    #3,690 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1996
    Peak, #97
    4,026 babies named Malik — more than any year before or since.
  4. 2001
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #197.
  5. 2002
    Malik Tillman born
    German-American soccer player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Arabic.
Namesakes
  • Malik ibn Anas · Arab Islamic jurist, theologian and hadith traditionist, 711–795
  • Malik Tillman · German-American soccer player, born 2002
  • Malik Bendjelloul · Swedish film and documentary director, 1977–2014
  • Malik Harris · German singer, born 1997
  • Malik Beasley · American basketball player, born 1996

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.