Boys' name · since 2006
Malekhi
Malekhi has 47 recorded births since 2006 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,620 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 47
- born since 2006
- 2000s
- peak decade
Malekhi sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 47 recorded since 2006.
Malekhi has 47 recorded births among boys since 2006, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2024.
- #22,620 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 47 born since 2006
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malekhi ranks #22,620 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 47 born since 2006, peaking in the 2000s.
- #22,620 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 47
- born since 2006
- 2000s
- peak decade
Malekhi's 47 recorded births place it above 50.12% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Malekhi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Malekhi splits its recorded history at 2013: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2009 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Malekhi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2024
- Peak year (2007)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Malekhi by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (26 births, 55% of the file).
2000s was Malekhi's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Malekhi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
26 births
- 2010s
2010s
11 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 26 births (55% of all-time use).
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- Malekhi's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (26 total births) through the 2020s (10) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Malekhi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2006–2024 (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 Malekhi 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.