Malachai — #2296 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Malachai

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,430 babies named Malachai between 1991 and 2024, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Malachai currently holds the #2296 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 78 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Malachai performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 490 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Malachai shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 70 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Malachai in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Malachai 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 1,430 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.