Boys' name · since 2005
Malikhai
Since 2005, U.S. Social Security records show 75 babies named Malikhai, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #19,367 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 75
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
75 boys have been named Malikhai since 2005, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Malikhai has 75 recorded births among boys since 2005, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2024.
- #19,367 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 75 born since 2005
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malikhai ranks #19,367 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 75 born since 2005, peaking in the 2020s.
- #19,367 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 75
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
Malikhai's 75 recorded births place it above 57.33% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Malikhai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Malikhai splits its recorded history at 2019: 65% of all births land in the more recent half, 35% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2005 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Malikhai popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2024
- Peak year (2022)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Malikhai by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (39 births, 52% of the file).
2020s was Malikhai's strongest decade.
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Malikhai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
31 births
- 2020s
2020s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 39 births (52% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Malikhai: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2005–2024 (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 Malikhai 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.