Recorded 1992–2009 Boys' name Peak 2000 166 births

Malike — boys' name

166 babies named Malike in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s782000s88
2000s
Peak decade

53% of everyone ever named Malike was born in this single decade.

2000
Single peak year

21 babies were named Malike in 2000 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Malike

The Social Security Administration has registered 166 babies named Malike between 1992 and 2009, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Malike currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Malike performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 88 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Malike shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Malike in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Malike 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 166 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.

Malike at a glance

Last recorded 2009

Total births

166

Since 1992

18 years of records

Peak year

2000

21 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2009

Active since

1992

Recorded for 18 years

Last year on file: 2009

Malike popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1992

Last recorded 2009
Peak year (2000)
21
Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
0510152025 2009200620032000199719941992 8

Malike by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
88 births that decade — 53% of Malike's all-time total
1990s782000s88

Malike by state

Where Malike concentrates geographically — total births since 1992

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Malike
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
11 6.6%
New York share of Malike's total US births 6.6%

11 of 166 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Malike?
166 babies have been named Malike since 1992. It was last recorded in 2009. The peak year was 2000 with 21 births.
When was Malike most popular?
Malike was most popular in the 2000s decade with 88 total births. The single peak year was 2000.
Where is Malike most popular?
The top states for the name Malike are New York (11 births).
How long has the name Malike been used?
Malike has been recorded in Social Security data since 1992, spanning 18 years of data through 2009.
What names are similar to Malike?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Malcolm, Malachi, Malik, Malakai, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1992–2009 (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.