Malakai — #233 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Malakai

The Social Security Administration has registered 16,157 babies named Malakai between 1988 and 2024, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Malakai currently holds the #233 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 1,575 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Malakai performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 7,215 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Malakai shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,437 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Malakai in 47 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Malakai 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 16,157 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.