Maliq — #7000 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Maliq

The Social Security Administration has registered 779 babies named Maliq between 1994 and 2024, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Maliq currently holds the #7000 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 64 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Maliq performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 353 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Maliq shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Virginia, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Maliq in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Maliq 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 779 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.