Girls' name · since 1971
Malkia
Since 1971, U.S. Social Security records show 274 babies named Malkia, peaking in 1975. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #16,699 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,305 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 274
- born since 1971
- 1970s
- peak decade
274 babies have been named Malkia since 1971, making it today's #15305 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malkia has been recorded 274 times among girls since 1971, currently ranked #15305 nationally and more common than 12% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2025.
- #16,699 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,305 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 274 born since 1971
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malkia ranks #16,699 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,305 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 274 born since 1971, peaking in the 1970s.
- #16,699 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,305 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 274
- born since 1971
- 1970s
- peak decade
Malkia's 274 recorded births place it above 76.89% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Malkia compares
274 43rd percentile among 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
Malkia's all-time total is 27% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Malkia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 274 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 21 | 19,840 |
Malkia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Malkia's full recorded timeline at 1996, 39% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 61% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1981, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1975 peak of 25 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Malkia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2025
- Peak year (1975)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Malkia by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (123 births, 45% of the file).
1970s was Malkia's strongest decade.
123 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Malkia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
123 births
- 1980s 24
1980s
24 births
- 1990s 37
1990s
37 births
- 2000s 22
2000s
22 births
- 2010s 43
2010s
43 births
- 2020s 25
2020s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 123 births (45% of all-time use).
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What to do with Malkia's data
- Malkia's decade-level peak was the 1970s (123 total births); usage has since declined to 25 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Malkia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~54 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, 1971–2025 (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 Malkia 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.