Recorded 1994–2021 Girls' name Peak 2000 27 births

Malkah — girls' name

27 babies named Malkah in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s52000s122010s52020s5
2000s
Peak decade

44% of everyone ever named Malkah was born in this single decade.

2000
Single peak year

7 babies were named Malkah in 2000 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Malkah

The Social Security Administration has registered 27 babies named Malkah between 1994 and 2021, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Malkah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Malkah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Malkah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Malkah 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 27 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.

Malkah at a glance

Last recorded 2021

Total births

27

Since 1994

28 years of records

Peak year

2000

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2021

Active since

1994

Recorded for 28 years

Last year on file: 2021

Malkah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1994

Last recorded 2021
Peak year (2000)
7
Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
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Malkah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
12 births that decade — 44% of Malkah's all-time total
1990s52000s122010s52020s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Malkah?
27 babies have been named Malkah since 1994. It was last recorded in 2021. The peak year was 2000 with 7 births.
When was Malkah most popular?
Malkah was most popular in the 2000s decade with 12 total births. The single peak year was 2000.
How long has the name Malkah been used?
Malkah has been recorded in Social Security data since 1994, spanning 28 years of data through 2021.
What names are similar to Malkah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Mallory, Malia, Malinda, Maliyah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1994–2021 (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.