Malik

Last seen for girls in 2014 at #14,558 · #437 for boys in 2025, 724 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1996 · 4,026 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
1 yr
of 146 years
Total births · boys
49,607
since 1949

Malik over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202004peak #97, 1996boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#437724
2024#428740
2023#383835
2022#394808
2021#392810
2020#373838
2019#363886
2018#373874
2017#378869
2016#382844
2015#375862
2014#14,5586#372842
2013#341940
2012#16,8695#340913
2011#13,3477#322988
2010#11,2469#2831,192
2009#2551,359
2008#2801,218
2007#10,81810#2731,255
2006#2891,191
2005#13,0107#2651,253
2004#16,0995#2431,377
2003#13,8446#2291,506
2002#2111,659
2001#12,0567#1971,864
2000#7,15814#1762,084
1999#7,23913#1652,246
1998#6,07316#1382,694
1997#5,62617#1113,381
1996#4,30624#974,026
1995#3,58530#1312,707
1994#9,5868#308853
1993#10,5887#331766
1992#8,7349#394582
1991#521368
1990#11,4096#557328
1989#671223
1988#11,7985#755158
1987#735154
1986#806127
1985#10,6775#798124
1984#818114
1983#813115
1982#834113
1981#10,4115#760131
1980#9,0956#665168
1979#708147
1978#649167
1977#7,5677#709144
1976#6,0489#706139
1975#750123
1974#769110
1973#8,4235#718126
1972#692134
1971#7,3886#719132
1970#7,9955#732126
1969#1,08651
1968#1,25836
1967#1,71121
1966#1,89117
1965#2,9828
1964#3,6016
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First appearance
1949

The first year at least five boys were named Malik! It came in at #3,690, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1949–1951, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Malik
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 9 spots since 2024 (#428#437)
  • 64 spots since 2020 (#373#437)
  • 62 spots since 2015 (#375#437)
  • Biggest jump: 354 spots in 1970 (#1,086#732)
  • Biggest drop: 95 spots in 1981 (#665#760)
Rise & fade · boys
47 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1949
  • Peaked 1996 at #97 (4,026 births)
  • Births halved by 2001, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 1 yr · 1996
  • Top 1,000: 56 yrs · run 1970–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 471
  • Highest: 1 in 471 boys born in 1996 were named Malik (0.21%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,359 boys born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 36.2% of all boys named Malik (17,951) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s5#3,690 (1949)#3,690
1950s6#3,373 (1952)#3,373
1960s139#1,086 (1969)#2,088
1970s1,348#649 (1978)#715
1980s1,427#665 (1980)#766
1990s17,951#97 (1996)#275
2000s14,766#176 (2000)#242
2010s9,210#283 (2010)#353
2020s4,755#373 (2020)#401

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.

Malik in 2004

girls
#16,099
5 births · 1 in 367,250 girls
boys
#243
1,377 births · 1 in 1,442 boys

Top girls' names in 2004

  1. #1Emily25,042
  2. #2Emma21,625
  3. #3Madison20,628
  4. #4Olivia16,108
  5. #5Hannah15,614
  6. #6Abigail15,436
  7. #7Isabella15,021
  8. #8Ashley14,377
  9. #9Samantha13,786
  10. #10Elizabeth13,577
  11. #16,099Malik5

Top boys' names in 2004

  1. #1Jacob27,911
  2. #2Michael25,470
  3. #3Joshua24,214
  4. #4Matthew22,882
  5. #5Ethan22,210
  6. #6Andrew21,717
  7. #7Daniel21,018
  8. #8William20,237
  9. #9Joseph20,147
  10. #10Christopher19,636
  11. #243Malik1,377
More about 2004

girls

1,836,250 girls got a published name in 2004; 1 in 367,250 of them was named Malik, which outranked 14.5% of the 18,835 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Malik
  1. #14,179Zoye6
  2. #14,179Zsofia6
  3. #14,179Zykiera6
  4. #16,099Malik5
  5. #16,099Aafreen5
  6. #16,099Aajah5
  7. #16,099Aala5

Tied with 2,736 names at #16,099; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2003
Risers
  1. 948Rubi#1,561#613
  2. 607Kaydence#984#377
  3. 548Marin#1,383#835
  4. 543Diya#1,416#873
  5. 479Kadence#869#390
Fallers
  1. 1,607Arly#949#2,556
  2. 433Shakira#747#1,180
  3. 414Anais#990#1,404
  4. 365Lisbeth#742#1,107
  5. 274Reanna#990#1,264

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

boys

1,984,979 boys got a published name in 2004; 1 in 1,442 of them was named Malik, which outranked 98.2% of the 13,228 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Malik
  1. #240Armando1,386
  2. #241Griffin1,385
  3. #242Raul1,381
  4. #243Malik1,377
  5. #244Marcos1,369
  6. #245Brock1,349
  7. #246Alec1,333
Biggest movers since 2003
Risers
  1. 1,308Koda#2,238#930
  2. 1,190Tayshaun#2,153#963
  3. 1,006Kanye#1,492#486
  4. 910Kyan#1,497#587
  5. 814Jaidyn#1,630#816
Fallers
  1. 455Jahiem#873#1,328
  2. 325Ervin#942#1,267
  3. 323Jahir#809#1,132
  4. 282Jaheim#457#739
  5. 270Sabastian#946#1,216

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

See the top 100 for 2004