Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Malachi

#426 most common boys' name of all time · #930 across all names · >99% boys / <1% girls · 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
✝️A person in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 2,790/yr
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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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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