Malachy — #5892 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Malachy

The Social Security Administration has registered 681 babies named Malachy between 1897 and 2024, spanning 128 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Malachy currently holds the #5892 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 35 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Malachy performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 241 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Malachy shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 43 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Malachy in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Malachy 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 681 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.