Malik — #429 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Malik

The Social Security Administration has registered 48,867 babies named Malik between 1949 and 2024, spanning 76 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Malik currently holds the #429 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 4,026 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Malik performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 17,951 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Malik shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 4,748 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Malik in 45 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Malik 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 48,867 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.