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Malaki

#1,258 in 2025Boys' name

From Danish Malakias; literal meaning unconfirmed

Malaki has been given to 4,791 babies in the U.S. since 1989. In 2025 it ranked #1,258 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2007, with 278 recorded.

Babies named Malaki, 2025

1 in 21,000

Malaki over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Malaki: meaning, origin, and history

From Danish Malakias; literal meaning unconfirmed

Danish and the Bible

What Malaki means

Malaki is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Malaki is used in Greenlandic and Hawaiian. Its origins include Danish and the Bible.

Malaki comes through Danish Malakias.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Hawaiian, Malaki is pronounced /maˈla.ki/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,786 boys were recorded with the name Malaki between 1989 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 278 in 2007; its best national rank was #783 in 2007.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,332 in 2020 to #1,258 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #990 in 2015 to #1,258 in 2025.

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Malaki between 2011 and 2011. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2011; its best national rank was #18,515 in 2011.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Malaki?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 21,000
158 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 10,800
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,258
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
14,545 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Malaki sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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 14,545 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Malaki. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Malakis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Malaki was born before 2011 — so the typical Malaki is around 14 today.

Median birth year
2011
About 14 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
40.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
96.6%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
4,786
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 40.5% of all recorded uses (1,937).

Is Malaki 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
+120
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+74
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−268
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.76×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
56.8%
Peak was 2007 (278)
Years since peak
18
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
10.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#783
2007

Spellings of Malaki

Malaki is not the most common spelling — Malachi is, with 39.8% against Malaki's 2.9%.

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 Malaki is used

Across 2016–2025, Malaki was most concentrated in Tennessee — about 1 in 5,000 boys, against 1 in 12,759 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 50,000).

220 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Tennessee1 in 5,000
  2. 2Kentucky1 in 5,556
  3. 3Indiana1 in 7,692
  4. 4Ohio1 in 7,692
  5. 5Alabama1 in 8,333
  6. 6Florida1 in 9,091
  7. 7Texas1 in 9,091
  8. 8Washington1 in 9,091

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys 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.

Malaki around the world

Where Malaki 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
    #3,684
    in 2025
  • France
    2010–2013
    #4,970
    in 2013
  • Canada
    2002–2023
    #1,853
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    2006–2013
    #499
    in 2013

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

Malaki by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,258
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 74
Best rank ever
#783
2007
Peak year
2007
278 that year
First recorded
1989
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,786
Count in 2025
158

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#18,515
2011
Peak year
2011
5 that year
First recorded
2011
Last recorded
2011
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Malaki

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

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Names with a curve like Malaki

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

HaidenKrishYairKaelIzayahKyanArmaanMakhiCarsenDavianCamrynAydin

Sibling names for Malaki

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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