Malikia — unisex name
45 babies named Malikia in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
49% of everyone ever named Malikia was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Malikia in 1973 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Malikia
The Social Security Administration has registered 45 babies named Malikia between 1973 and 1998, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Malikia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Malikia is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 10 additional births since 2005.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Malikia performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Malikia shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Malikia 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 45 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.
Malikia at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Malikia popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1973
- Peak year (1973)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
45 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1973 with 7 births in a single year.
Malikia popularity over time — boys
10 total births recorded since 2005 (Malikia as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Malikia accounts for 18% of total recorded use across both genders.
Malikia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 22 births that decade — 49% of Malikia's all-time total
Malikia decade highlights
- Peak decade 22 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Malikia's strongest decade
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
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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, 1973–1998 (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.