Malika — #2822 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Malika

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,901 babies named Malika between 1966 and 2024, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Malika currently holds the #2822 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 183 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Malika performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,377 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Malika shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 781 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Malika in 25 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Malika 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 4,901 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.