Maleko — #9346 US boys' name
90 babies named Maleko in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 34% of names given to boys today.
52% of everyone ever named Maleko was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Maleko in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Maleko
The Social Security Administration has registered 90 babies named Maleko between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Maleko currently holds the #9346 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Maleko performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 47 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Maleko shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Maleko in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Maleko 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 90 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.
Maleko at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Maleko popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1995
- Peak year (2015)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
Currently ranks #9346 among boys.
90 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 10 births in a single year.
Maleko by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 47 births that decade — 52% of Maleko's all-time total
Maleko decade highlights
- Peak decade 47 births
- Runner-up 28 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Maleko's strongest decade
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
Maleko by state
Where Maleko concentrates geographically — total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Hawaii | | 5 | 5.6% |
5 of 90 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Hawaii 5.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Hawaii accounts for 5.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1995–2024 (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.