Boys' name · since 2017
Malachite
Malachite has 89 recorded births since 2017 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,172 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,151 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 89
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Malachite is the #7151 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 89 recorded since 2017.
Malachite has 89 recorded births among boys since 2017, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7151 as of the latest data, more common than 49% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2017 to 2025.
- #18,172 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,151 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 89 born since 2017
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malachite ranks #18,172 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,151 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 89 born since 2017, peaking in the 2020s.
- #18,172 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,151 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 89
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Malachite's 89 recorded births place it above 59.98% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Malachite compares
89 24th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Malachite's all-time total is 76% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Malachite | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 89 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 34 | 22,252 |
Malachite's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Malachite's SSA record in two at 2022 and the more recent half accounts for 70% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 30%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2017, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 25, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Malachite popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Malachite by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (79 births, 89% of the file).
2020s was Malachite's strongest decade.
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 89% of all-time use.
Malachite births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
79 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 79 births (89% of all-time use).
Malachite by state
Where Malachite concentrates geographically, total births since 2017
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 6.7% |
6 of 89 births nationwide.
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- Texas records the most Malachites (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Malachite: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~8 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2017–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Malachite draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.