Malachi
#426 most common boys' name of all time · #930 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#426
Rank overall
#930 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
137 of 146
All-time
66,048
Since 2016
24,853
Peak year
2006 #150
Best rank
#134 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 2,790/yr
Malachi is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 2,692 | 2,701 | #134 |
| 2024 | 6 | 2,424 | 2,430 | #149 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,482 | 2,490 | #146 |
| 2022 | — | 2,307 | 2,307 | #161 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,324 | 2,332 | #167 |
| 2020 | 5 | 2,402 | 2,407 | #156 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,454 | 2,464 | #160 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,514 | 2,523 | #154 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,549 | 2,556 | #153 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,634 | 2,643 | #154 |
| 2015 | 16 | 2,602 | 2,618 | #160 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,400 | 2,410 | #178 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,337 | 2,347 | #174 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,329 | 2,338 | #167 |
| 2011 | 9 | 2,353 | 2,362 | #163 |
| 2010 | 8 | 2,416 | 2,424 | #161 |
| 2009 | 11 | 2,352 | 2,363 | #166 |
| 2008 | 5 | 2,459 | 2,464 | #160 |
| 2007 | 10 | 2,710 | 2,720 | #155 |
| 2006 | 14 | 2,776 | 2,790 | #150 |
| 2005 | 18 | 2,553 | 2,571 | #162 |
| 2004 | 15 | 2,246 | 2,261 | #179 |
| 2003 | 6 | 1,919 | 1,925 | #194 |
| 2002 | 13 | 1,673 | 1,686 | #210 |
| 2001 | 10 | 1,325 | 1,335 | #252 |
| 2000 | 10 | 767 | 777 | #351 |
| 1999 | — | 706 | 706 | #369 |
| 1998 | 11 | 577 | 588 | #414 |
| 1997 | 10 | 505 | 515 | #442 |
| 1996 | — | 414 | 414 | #504 |
| 1995 | 8 | 359 | 367 | #531 |
| 1994 | 5 | 271 | 276 | #630 |
| 1993 | 6 | 247 | 253 | #655 |
| 1992 | — | 178 | 178 | #784 |
| 1991 | 5 | 149 | 154 | #858 |
| 1990 | — | 119 | 119 | #951 |
| 1989 | — | 114 | 114 | #957 |
| 1988 | — | 90 | 90 | #1,043 |
| 1987 | — | 92 | 92 | #990 |
| 1986 | — | 83 | 83 | #1,015 |
| 1985 | — | 75 | 75 | #1,066 |
| 1984 | — | 67 | 67 | #1,098 |
| 1983 | — | 68 | 68 | #1,079 |
| 1982 | — | 51 | 51 | #1,311 |
| 1981 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,438 |
| 1980 | — | 62 | 62 | #1,155 |
| 1979 | — | 62 | 62 | #1,140 |
| 1978 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,455 |
| 1977 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,268 |
| 1976 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,334 |
| 1975 | — | 53 | 53 | #1,160 |
| 1974 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,476 |
| 1973 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,556 |
| 1972 | — | 20 | 20 | #2,024 |
| 1971 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,562 |
| 1970 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,802 |
| 1969 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,056 |
| 1968 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,593 |
| 1967 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,989 |
| 1966 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,974 |
| 1965 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,002 |
| 1964 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,317 |
| 1963 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,076 |
| 1962 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,045 |
| 1961 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,002 |
| 1960 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,550 |
| 1959 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,542 |
| 1958 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,033 |
| 1957 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,101 |
| 1956 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,771 |
| 1955 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,225 |
| 1954 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,126 |
| 1953 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,405 |
| 1952 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,864 |
| 1951 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,785 |
| 1950 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,663 |
| 1949 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,712 |
| 1948 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,523 |
| 1947 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,085 |
| 1946 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,411 |
| 1945 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,021 |
| 1944 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,205 |
| 1943 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,769 |
| 1942 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,505 |
| 1941 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,765 |
| 1940 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,373 |
| 1939 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,434 |
| 1938 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,567 |
| 1937 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,836 |
| 1936 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,081 |
| 1935 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,501 |
| 1934 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,668 |
| 1933 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,459 |
| 1932 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,113 |
| 1931 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,220 |
| 1930 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,762 |
| 1929 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,598 |
| 1928 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,290 |
| 1927 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,965 |
| 1926 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,615 |
| 1925 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,636 |
| 1924 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,784 |
| 1923 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,033 |
| 1922 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,472 |
| 1921 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,915 |
| 1920 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,703 |
| 1919 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,535 |
| 1918 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,173 |
| 1917 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,762 |
| 1916 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,161 |
| 1915 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,605 |
| 1914 | — | 13 | 13 | #1,782 |
| 1913 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,119 |
| 1912 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,140 |
| 1911 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,562 |
| 1910 | — | 12 | 12 | #939 |
| 1909 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,176 |
| 1908 | — | 10 | 10 | #901 |
| 1907 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,366 |
| 1905 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,262 |
| 1904 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,096 |
| 1903 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,164 |
| 1902 | — | 8 | 8 | #888 |
| 1900 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,338 |
| 1897 | — | 6 | 6 | #974 |
| 1894 | — | 6 | 6 | #990 |
| 1892 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,102 |
| 1891 | — | 5 | 5 | #996 |
| 1890 | — | 8 | 8 | #765 |
| 1889 | — | 6 | 6 | #900 |
| 1888 | — | 7 | 7 | #836 |
| 1887 | — | 7 | 7 | #769 |
| 1886 | — | 8 | 8 | #726 |
| 1885 | — | 7 | 7 | #788 |
| 1882 | — | 8 | 8 | #715 |
| 1881 | — | 5 | 5 | #884 |
| 1880 | — | 10 | 10 | #625 |