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Malakai

boys’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Malakai is ranked 233rd among boys in 2024 (1,537 births). Its best rank was 226th, in 2023.

Rank in 2024
#233down 7 from 2023
Births in 2024
1,5370.09% of boys
Peak year
20231,575 births
Best rank
#226in 2023
Since 1988
16,157people given the name
Babies named Malakai, by year of birthboys
05001k1.5k2k18801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

16,157 boys have been named Malakai in the United States since 1988, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 1,575 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2019, and the 2020s alone account for 45%. It has spent 23 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadeboys named Malakai
1980s7
1990s136
2000s2,443
2010s6,356
2020s7,215

In 2023, its biggest year

Malakai was the 226th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2023 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2023.

Names that rose and fell with Malakai

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.