Malkiel — boys' name
56 babies named Malkiel in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
48% of everyone ever named Malkiel was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Malkiel in 2019 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Malkiel
The Social Security Administration has registered 56 babies named Malkiel between 2002 and 2023, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Malkiel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Malkiel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 27 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Malkiel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Malkiel 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 56 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.
Malkiel at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Malkiel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2002
- Peak year (2019)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
56 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 10 births in a single year.
Malkiel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 27 births that decade — 48% of Malkiel's all-time total
Malkiel decade highlights
- Peak decade 27 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Malkiel's strongest decade
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
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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, 2002–2023 (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.