Recorded 2006–2016 Boys' name Peak 2011 18 births

Malakyi — boys' name

18 babies named Malakyi in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s62010s12
2010s
Peak decade

67% of everyone ever named Malakyi was born in this single decade.

2011
Single peak year

7 babies were named Malakyi in 2011 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Malakyi

The Social Security Administration has registered 18 babies named Malakyi between 2006 and 2016, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Malakyi currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Malakyi performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Malakyi shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Malakyi 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 18 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.

Malakyi at a glance

Last recorded 2016

Total births

18

Since 2006

11 years of records

Peak year

2011

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2016

Active since

2006

Recorded for 11 years

Last year on file: 2016

Malakyi popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2006

Last recorded 2016
Peak year (2011)
7
Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 201620112006 6

Malakyi by decade

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

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
12 births that decade — 67% of Malakyi's all-time total
2000s62010s12

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Malakyi?
18 babies have been named Malakyi since 2006. It was last recorded in 2016. The peak year was 2011 with 7 births.
When was Malakyi most popular?
Malakyi was most popular in the 2010s decade with 12 total births. The single peak year was 2011.
How long has the name Malakyi been used?
Malakyi has been recorded in Social Security data since 2006, spanning 11 years of data through 2016.
What names are similar to Malakyi?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Malcolm, Malachi, Malik, Malakai, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 2006–2016 (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.