Malcum vs Malachi

Side-by-side comparison of Malcum and Malachi - popularity rank, total births, peak decade, and historical trends from Social Security Administration data.

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Malcum

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Name B

Malachi

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Metric Malcum Malachi
Current Rank Unranked #149
Total Births (all years) 47 65,758
Peak Year 1928 2006
Peak Year Births 7 2,776
Peak Decade 1930s 2010s
Gender Boy Boy
First Recorded Year 1917 1880

Births by Decade

Decade Malcum Malachi
1880s - 58
1890s - 30
1900s - 51
1910s 11 156
1920s 13 185
1930s 17 172
1940s - 183
1950s 6 155
1960s - 108
1970s - 390
1980s - 746
1990s - 3,525
2000s - 20,780
2010s - 24,588
2020s - 14,631

Recent Annual Births (2014–present)

Year Malcum Malachi
2014 - 2,400
2015 - 2,602
2016 - 2,634
2017 - 2,549
2018 - 2,514
2019 - 2,454
2020 - 2,402
2021 - 2,324
2022 - 2,307
2023 - 2,482
2024 - 2,424
2025 - 2,692

Data Sources

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, ssa.gov/oact/babynames.
Source: SSA Annual Name Rankings, 1917–1952.

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