Girls' name · since 1973
Malaka
Since 1973, U.S. Social Security records show 142 babies named Malaka, peaking in 1993. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,351 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 142
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Malaka is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 142 have been recorded since 1973.
Malaka has 142 recorded births among girls since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2011.
- #23,351 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 142 born since 1973
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malaka ranks #23,351 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 142 born since 1973, peaking in the 1990s.
- #23,351 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 142
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Malaka's 142 recorded births place it above 67.67% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Malaka's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Malaka's full recorded timeline at 1992, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1975, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1993 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Malaka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2011
- Peak year (1993)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Malaka by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (48 births, 34% of the file).
1990s was Malaka's strongest decade.
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Malaka births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
38 births
- 1980s
1980s
32 births
- 1990s
1990s
48 births
- 2000s 19
2000s
19 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 48 births (34% of all-time use).
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- Malaka's decade-level peak was the 1990s (48 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Malaka: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~38 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, 1973–2011 (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 Malaka 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.