Boys' name · since 1991
Malick
Malick has 626 recorded births since 1991 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,894 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,604 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 626
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
Malick currently ranks #4604 among boys' names in America, with 626 babies recorded since 1991.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malick has been recorded 626 times among boys since 1991, currently ranked #4604 nationally and more common than 67% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2025.
- #6,894 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,604 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 626 born since 1991
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malick ranks #6,894 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,604 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 626 born since 1991, peaking in the 2000s.
- #6,894 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,604 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 626
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
Malick's 626 recorded births place it above 84.83% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Malick compares
626 Top 40% higher than 60% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Malick's all-time total is 70% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Malick | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 626 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 32 | 34 | 22,252 |
Malick's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Malick's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1992, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 1997 peak of 32, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Malick popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2025
- Peak year (1997)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Malick by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (206 births, 33% of the file).
2000s was Malick's strongest decade.
206 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Malick births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
119 births
- 2000s
2000s
206 births
- 2010s
2010s
194 births
- 2020s
2020s
107 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 206 births (33% of all-time use).
How Malick compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Malick's total volume
Malick by state
Where Malick concentrates geographically, total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 92 | 14.7% |
92 of 626 births nationwide.
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What to do with Malick's data
- Malick's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (206 total births) through the 2020s (107) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Malicks (92 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Malick: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~34 yrs)
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, 1991–2025 (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 Malick 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.