Malechi vs Malachi

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

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Malechi

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Name B

Malachi

Boy name · Rank #149

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Metric Malechi Malachi
Current Rank Unranked #149
Total Births (all years) 57 65,758
Peak Year 2006 2006
Peak Year Births 12 2,776
Peak Decade 2000s 2010s
Gender Boy Boy
First Recorded Year 2002 1880

Births by Decade

Decade Malechi Malachi
1880s - 58
1890s - 30
1900s - 51
1910s - 156
1920s - 185
1930s - 172
1940s - 183
1950s - 155
1960s - 108
1970s - 390
1980s - 746
1990s - 3,525
2000s 34 20,780
2010s 18 24,588
2020s 5 14,631

Recent Annual Births (2014–present)

Year Malechi Malachi
2014 5 2,400
2015 - 2,602
2016 - 2,634
2017 - 2,549
2018 - 2,514
2019 - 2,454
2020 5 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, 2002–2020.

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