Recorded 2002–2020 Girls' name Peak 2002 36 births

Malaikah — girls' name

36 babies named Malaikah in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s122010s182020s6
2010s
Peak decade

50% of everyone ever named Malaikah was born in this single decade.

2002
Single peak year

7 babies were named Malaikah in 2002 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Malaikah

The Social Security Administration has registered 36 babies named Malaikah between 2002 and 2020, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Malaikah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Malaikah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Malaikah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Malaikah 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 36 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.

Malaikah at a glance

Last recorded 2020

Total births

36

Since 2002

19 years of records

Peak year

2002

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2020

Active since

2002

Recorded for 19 years

Last year on file: 2020

Malaikah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–2002

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (2002)
7
Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 202020192013201220072002 7

Malaikah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
18 births that decade — 50% of Malaikah's all-time total
2000s122010s182020s6

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Malaikah?
36 babies have been named Malaikah since 2002. It was last recorded in 2020. The peak year was 2002 with 7 births.
When was Malaikah most popular?
Malaikah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 18 total births. The single peak year was 2002.
How long has the name Malaikah been used?
Malaikah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2002, spanning 19 years of data through 2020.
What names are similar to Malaikah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Mallory, Malia, Malinda, Maliyah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 2002–2020 (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.