Maleik — boys' name

What the Data Says About Maleik

The Social Security Administration has registered 405 babies named Maleik between 1992 and 2023, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Maleik currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Maleik performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 169 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Maleik shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Maleik in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Maleik 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 405 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.