Malaquias

#9,400 in 2025Boys' name

My messenger, through Malachias

Malaquias has been given to 152 babies in the U.S. since 1996. In 2025 it ranked #9,400 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2024, with 17 recorded.

Babies named Malaquias, 2025

1 in 414,000

Malaquias over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Malaquias: meaning, origin, and history

My messenger, through Malachias

Hebrew

What Malaquias means

Malaquias belongs to the name family reached through Malaquias → Malachias. Its meaning is “my messenger”.

Origin, language, and formation

Malaquias is used in Portuguese. Its origins include Hebrew.

Malaquias comes through Latin Malachias, Ancient Greek Μαλαχίας and Hebrew מַלְאָכִי.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Malachy and Malachias.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Portuguese, Malaquias is pronounced /ma.laˈki.ɐs/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 152 boys were recorded with the name Malaquias between 1996 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 17 in 2024; its best national rank was #5,570 in 2024.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,496 in 2020 to #9,400 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.

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How common is Malaquias?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 414,000; 8 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 213,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #9,400; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 287,238 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Malaquias 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Malaquias. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Malaquiass were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Malaquias was born before 2019 — so the typical Malaquias is around 6 today.

Median birth year: 2019; About 6 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 48.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 92.8%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 152; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 48.7% of all recorded uses (74).

Is Malaquias 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: −3,830; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: −2,904; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 47.1%; Peak was 2024 (17)
Years since peak: 1; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 39.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,570; 2024

Where Malaquias is used

Across 1910–2025, Malaquias was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 3,486,540 across all states with data.

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in —

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. Malaquias has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Malaquias by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #9,400
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 2,904
Best rank ever: #5,570; 2024
Peak year: 2024; 17 that year
First recorded: 1996
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 152
Count in 2025: 8

Names similar to Malaquias

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

Malachite Malachias Malikiah Malacai Malakhai Malahkai Malekai Malikhi Malakia Malijah Ezequias Malikye Malosi Malhar Demetrias Maleko Malikhai Malakye Malichi Malahki Malakiah Malachy Ozymandias Artorias

Sibling names for Malaquias

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

Annabell Abagail Leonor Karleigh Rhianna Adelle Keren Kendyl

For a brother

Aaden Kale Evans Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah

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