Girls' name · since 1946
Malka
Malka has 6,500 recorded births since 1946 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,178 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,009 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,500
- born since 1946
- 2010s
- peak decade
6,500 babies have been named Malka since 1946, making it today's #1009 girls' name.
Malka has 6,500 recorded births among girls since 1946, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1009 as of the latest data, more common than 94% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1946 to 2025.
- #2,178 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,009 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 6,500 born since 1946
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malka ranks #2,178 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,009 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 6,500 born since 1946, peaking in the 2010s.
- #2,178 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,009 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,500
- born since 1946
- 2010s
- peak decade
Malka's 6,500 recorded births place it above 96.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Malka compares
6,500 Top 12% higher than 88% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Malka's all-time total is 17x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Malka | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6,500 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 264 | 21 | 19,840 |
Malka's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Malka splits its recorded history at 1987: 84% of all births land in the more recent half, 16% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1946 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 264 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Malka popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 264
- Annual births at peak, across 80 years of records
Malka popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2012 (Malka as boys' name)
Malka by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (1,755 births, 27% of the file).
2010s was Malka's strongest decade.
1,755 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Malka births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 14
1940s
14 births
- 1950s 110
1950s
110 births
- 1960s 164
1960s
164 births
- 1970s 353
1970s
353 births
- 1980s 570
1980s
570 births
- 1990s
1990s
856 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,299 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,755 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,379 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 1,755 births (27% of all-time use).
How Malka compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Malka's total volume
Malka by state
Where Malka concentrates geographically, total births since 1946
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 4,239 | 65.2% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 1,438 | 22.1% |
| #3 | Maryland | | 53 | 0.8% |
| #4 | California | | 12 | 0.2% |
| #5 | Florida | | 11 | 0.2% |
4,239 of 6,500 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Malka's data
- Malka's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (1,755 total births) through the 2020s (1,379) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Malkas (4,239 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Malka: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~79 yrs)
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, 1946–2025 (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 Malka 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.