Malikhi — #13127 US boys' name
302 babies named Malikhi in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 8% of names given to boys today.
46% of everyone ever named Malikhi was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Malikhi in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Malikhi
The Social Security Administration has registered 302 babies named Malikhi between 2002 and 2024, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Malikhi currently holds the #13127 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Malikhi performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 139 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Malikhi shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Malikhi in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Malikhi 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 302 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.
Malikhi at a glance
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Current rank
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Malikhi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2002
- Peak year (2009)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
Currently ranks #13127 among boys.
302 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 21 births in a single year.
Malikhi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 139 births that decade — 46% of Malikhi's all-time total
Malikhi decade highlights
- Peak decade 139 births
- Runner-up 116 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Malikhi's strongest decade
139 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Malikhi by state
Where Malikhi concentrates geographically — total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 1.7% |
5 of 302 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2002–2024 (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.