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Malak

#1,544 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Angel

Malak has been given to 4,183 babies in the U.S. since 1983. In 2025 it ranked #1,544 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2011, with 210 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 93% girls, 7% boys all-time.

Babies named Malak, 2025

1 in 24,200

Malak over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Malak over time

In 2025, Malak went to 89% girls and 11% boys.

19832025

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.

Malak: meaning, origin, and history

Angel

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Malak means

Malak means “angel”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,894 girls were recorded with the name Malak between 1983 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 210 in 2011; its best national rank was #1,169 in 2011.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,498 in 2020 to #1,544 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,310 in 2015 to #1,544 in 2025.

In the United States, 289 boys were recorded with the name Malak between 1995 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 21 in 2017; its best national rank was #4,678 in 2017.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #5,599 in 2020 to #5,521 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #6,928 in 2015 to #5,521 in 2025.

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.

How common is Malak?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 24,200
137 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 11,700
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#1,544
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
16,774 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Malak 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 2025 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 5002%

Put another way: gather 16,774 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Malak. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Malaks were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Malak was born before 2012 — so the typical Malak is around 13 today.

Median birth year
2012
About 13 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
43.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
91.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,894
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 43.8% of all recorded uses (1,706).

Is Malak 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
+128
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−46
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−234
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.75×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
65.2%
Peak was 2011 (210)
Years since peak
14
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
12.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,169
2011

Spellings of Malak

Malak is not the most common spelling — Maya is, with 25.7% against Malak's 0.81%.

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.

Where Malak is used

Across 2016–2025, Malak was most concentrated in Michigan — about 1 in 2,222 girls, against 1 in 10,199 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in 50,000).

245 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Michigan1 in 2,222
  2. 2New Jersey1 in 5,000
  3. 3New York1 in 5,000
  4. 4Illinois1 in 5,556
  5. 5Virginia1 in 7,143
  6. 6Massachusetts1 in 7,692
  7. 7Ohio1 in 10,000
  8. 8Pennsylvania1 in 12,500

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Malak around the world

Where Malak ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #778
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2004–2025
    #780
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2008–2025
    #718
    in 2025
  • France
    1983–2025
    #396
    in 2025
  • Norway
    1900–2025
    #337
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #633
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2002–2013
    #818
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Norway, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, SSB, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Malak

People whose public names include Malak, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Malak by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,544
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 46
Best rank ever
#1,169
2011
Peak year
2011
210 that year
First recorded
1983
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,894
Count in 2025
137

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#5,521
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 78
Best rank ever
#4,678
2017
Peak year
2017
21 that year
First recorded
1995
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
289
Count in 2025
17

Names similar to Malak

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

MalkyMaleaMalkaMalenaMallieMalinaMalikaMaliahMaliyaMalaniMalayaMalorieMalinMalayahMaleahMalihaMaliMaloryMalaikaMalanaMaleiaMaliaMaleniMalie

Names with a curve like Malak

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Malak, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

DayannaJazzlynAilynNariahEmmeAmariahLeilahKamiyaKaleahMarlieJaleahSofie

Sibling names for Malak

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

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