Malaeka — girls' name
10 babies named Malaeka in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Malaeka was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Malaeka in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Malaeka
The Social Security Administration has registered 10 babies named Malaeka between 2007 and 2009, spanning 3 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Malaeka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Malaeka performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Malaeka 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 10 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.
Malaeka at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Malaeka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2007
- Peak year (2007)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 3 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
10 total births across 3 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 5 births in a single year.
Malaeka by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 10 births that decade — 100% of Malaeka's all-time total
Malaeka decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Malaeka's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
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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, 2007–2009 (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.