Maalik — #7941 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Maalik

The Social Security Administration has registered 543 babies named Maalik between 1989 and 2024, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Maalik currently holds the #7941 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 35 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Maalik performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 183 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Maalik shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Maalik in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Maalik in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 543 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.