Malyk — #6037 US boys' name
396 babies named Malyk in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 58% of names given to boys today.
34% of everyone ever named Malyk was born in this single decade.
29 babies were named Malyk in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Malyk
The Social Security Administration has registered 396 babies named Malyk between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Malyk currently holds the #6037 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 29 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Malyk performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 134 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Malyk shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Malyk in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Malyk 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 396 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.
Malyk at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Malyk popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1995
- Peak year (1997)
- 29
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
Currently ranks #6037 among boys.
396 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 29 births in a single year.
Malyk by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 134 births that decade — 34% of Malyk's all-time total
Malyk decade highlights
- Peak decade 134 births
- Runner-up 98 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Malyk's strongest decade
134 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Malyk by state
Where Malyk concentrates geographically — total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 5 | 1.3% |
5 of 396 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 1.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1995–2024 (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.