Unisex name · since 2002
Malakia
65 babies named Malakia in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,357 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,862 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 65
- born since 2002
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Malakia is the #12862 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 65 recorded since 2002.
Social Security Administration records show Malakia recorded 65 times among boys since 2002, holding rank #12862 nationally today, ahead of 8% of boys, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #20,357 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,862 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 65 born since 2002
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malakia ranks #20,357 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,862 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 65 born since 2002, peaking in the 2000s.
- #20,357 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,862 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 65
- born since 2002
- 2000s
- peak decade
Malakia's 65 recorded births place it above 55.16% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Malakia compares
65 20th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Malakia's all-time total is 82% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Malakia | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 65 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 34 | 22,252 |
Malakia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Malakia's full recorded timeline at 2009, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Malakia popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Malakia popularity over time - girls
8 total births recorded since 1990 (Malakia as girls' name)
Malakia by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (35 births, 54% of the file).
2000s was Malakia's strongest decade.
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Malakia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
35 births
- 2010s
2010s
19 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 35 births (54% of all-time use).
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What to do with Malakia's data
- Malakia's decade-level peak was the 2000s (35 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Malakia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~23 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, 2002–2025 (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 Malakia 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.