Malachia

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My messenger

Malachia has been given to 31 babies in the U.S. since 1992. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1992, with 5 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 65% girls, 35% boys all-time.

Babies named Malachia, 2002

1 in 747,000

Malachia over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Malachia over time

In 2009, Malachia went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

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A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Malachia: meaning, origin, and history

My messenger

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Malachia means

Malachia means “my messenger”.

Origin, language, and formation

Malachia is used in Italian.

Malachia comes through Hebrew מַלְאָכִי.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Italian, Malachia is pronounced /ma.laˈki.a/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 20 girls were recorded with the name Malachia between 1992 and 2002. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1992; its best national rank was #14,605 in 1992.

In the United States, 11 boys were recorded with the name Malachia between 2004 and 2009. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2009; its best national rank was #11,915 in 2009.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Malachia?

Malachia had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2002, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2002: 1 in 747,000; 5 of 3,737,275 births
Among girls only: 1 in 359,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2002: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 518,097 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Malachia sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2002 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 518,097 children born in 2002 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Malachia. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Malachias were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Malachia was born before 1994 — so the typical Malachia is around 31 today.

Median birth year: 1994; About 31 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 75.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 20; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 75.0% of all recorded uses (15).

Is Malachia rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1992 (5)
Years since peak: 33; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #14,605; 1992

Spellings of Malachia

Malachia is not the most common spelling — Malaysia is, with 89.4% against Malachia's 0.16%.

Malaysia89.4%11,031
Malasia6.1%748
Alahia4.4%538
Malachia0.16%20

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Malachia by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #14,605; 1992
Peak year: 1992; 5 that year
First recorded: 1992
Last recorded: 2002
All-time count: 20
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #11,915; 2009
Peak year: 2009; 6 that year
First recorded: 2004
Last recorded: 2009
All-time count: 11
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Malachia

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Maluhia Malashia Malayshia Malaycia Malonnie Malilah Malonii Maleini Malvenia Maleehah Maliana Malaynah Malliyah Malaylah Malaisia Malaikah Mallerly Malulani Malauni Maleiyah Malenia Malindia Maliayah Maliyani

Sibling names for Malachia

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Shelbi Shelbie Ilana Danyelle Kelsea Ivonne Stormy Kaylene

For a brother

Coty Edgardo Arnulfo Dillan Devante Shay Rosendo Dimitri

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