Girls' name · since 1958
Malkie
Malkie has 88 recorded births since 1958 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1986 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,580 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,210 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 88
- born since 1958
- 1980s
- peak decade
Yes -- Malkie is the #15210 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 88 recorded since 1958.
Malkie has 88 recorded births among girls since 1958, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15210 as of the latest data, more common than 12% of girls, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1958 to 2025.
- #28,580 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,210 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 88 born since 1958
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malkie ranks #28,580 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,210 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 88 born since 1958, peaking in the 1980s.
- #28,580 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,210 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 88
- born since 1958
- 1980s
- peak decade
Malkie's 88 recorded births place it above 60.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Malkie compares
88 23rd 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
Malkie's all-time total is 77% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Malkie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 88 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 21 | 19,840 |
Malkie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Malkie's full recorded timeline at 1990, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1958, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1986 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Malkie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–2025
- Peak year (1986)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 68 years of records
Malkie by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (30 births, 34% of the file).
1980s was Malkie's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Malkie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s
1980s
30 births
- 1990s
1990s
27 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 30 births (34% of all-time use).
Malkie by state
Where Malkie concentrates geographically, total births since 1958
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 59 | 67.0% |
59 of 88 births nationwide.
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What to do with Malkie's data
- Malkie's decade-level peak was the 1980s (30 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Malkies (59 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 Malkie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1986)
Similar record span (~67 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, 1958–2025 (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 Malkie 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.