Malique — #4358 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Malique

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,941 babies named Malique between 1989 and 2024, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Malique currently holds the #4358 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 133 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Malique performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 792 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Malique shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 183 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Malique in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Malique 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 1,941 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.