Maliek — #9168 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Maliek

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,055 babies named Maliek between 1975 and 2024, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Maliek currently holds the #9168 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 74 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Maliek performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 371 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Maliek shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 101 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Maliek in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Maliek 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 1,055 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.