Malek — #1427 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Malek

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,965 babies named Malek between 1974 and 2024, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Malek currently holds the #1427 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 151 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Malek performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 924 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Malek shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 359 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Malek in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Malek 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 2,965 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.