Malachite — #7186 US boys' name
77 babies named Malachite in U.S. Social Security records since 2017, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 50% of names given to boys today.
87% of everyone ever named Malachite was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Malachite in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Malachite
The Social Security Administration has registered 77 babies named Malachite between 2017 and 2024, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Malachite currently holds the #7186 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Malachite performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 67 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Malachite shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Malachite in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Malachite 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 77 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.
Malachite at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Malachite popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2017
- Peak year (2023)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 8 years of records
Currently ranks #7186 among boys.
77 total births across 8 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 25 births in a single year.
Malachite by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 67 births that decade — 87% of Malachite's all-time total
Malachite decade highlights
- Peak decade 67 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Malachite's strongest decade
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 87% 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 | 7.8% |
6 of 77 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 7.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 7.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2017–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.