Malachai
#3,770 most common boys' name of all time · #9,187 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1991–2025
Rank among boys
#3,770
Rank overall
#9,187 of 105,966
First appeared
1991
Years on the list
35 of 146
All-time
1,486
Since 2016
597
Peak year
2022 #1,977
Best rank
#1,977 2022
Girls
Boys
peak 78/yr
Malachai first appears in 1991. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 55 | 55 | #2,467 |
| 2024 | — | 62 | 62 | #2,306 |
| 2023 | — | 75 | 75 | #2,026 |
| 2022 | — | 78 | 78 | #1,977 |
| 2021 | — | 62 | 62 | #2,271 |
| 2020 | — | 57 | 57 | #2,361 |
| 2019 | — | 61 | 61 | #2,285 |
| 2018 | — | 44 | 44 | #2,775 |
| 2017 | — | 61 | 61 | #2,213 |
| 2016 | — | 42 | 42 | #2,869 |
| 2015 | — | 36 | 36 | #3,210 |
| 2014 | — | 35 | 35 | #3,215 |
| 2013 | — | 40 | 40 | #2,885 |
| 2012 | — | 47 | 47 | #2,629 |
| 2011 | — | 61 | 61 | #2,166 |
| 2010 | — | 56 | 56 | #2,314 |
| 2009 | — | 47 | 47 | #2,655 |
| 2008 | — | 71 | 71 | #1,998 |
| 2007 | — | 63 | 63 | #2,160 |
| 2006 | — | 54 | 54 | #2,341 |
| 2005 | — | 62 | 62 | #2,031 |
| 2004 | — | 39 | 39 | #2,729 |
| 2003 | — | 51 | 51 | #2,177 |
| 2002 | — | 48 | 48 | #2,220 |
| 2001 | — | 34 | 34 | #2,793 |
| 2000 | — | 21 | 21 | #3,902 |
| 1999 | — | 29 | 29 | #2,936 |
| 1998 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,998 |
| 1997 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,920 |
| 1996 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,917 |
| 1995 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,847 |
| 1994 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,424 |
| 1993 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,444 |
| 1992 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,254 |
| 1991 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,189 |