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.

Malachy

#6,029 most common boys' name of all time · #14,995 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1897–2025

Rank among boys
#6,029
Rank overall
#14,995 of 105,966
First appeared
1897
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
690
Since 2016
165
Peak year
2002 #2,691
Best rank
#1,225 1897
Girls Boys peak 35/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Malachy first appears in 1897. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 9 9 #8,272
2024 — 15 15 #5,918
2023 — 18 18 #5,264
2022 — 18 18 #5,232
2021 — 16 16 #5,584
2020 — 20 20 #4,711
2019 — 16 16 #5,573
2018 — 11 11 #7,169
2017 — 18 18 #5,133
2016 — 24 24 #4,213
2015 — 14 14 #6,012
2014 — 19 19 #4,891
2013 — 19 19 #4,815
2012 — 11 11 #7,074
2011 — 15 15 #5,700
2010 — 27 27 #3,818
2009 — 17 17 #5,350
2008 — 25 25 #4,053
2007 — 27 27 #3,805
2006 — 22 22 #4,238
2005 — 19 19 #4,479
2004 — 21 21 #4,143
2003 — 31 31 #3,051
2002 — 35 35 #2,691
2001 — 28 28 #3,157
2000 — 16 16 #4,594
1999 — 16 16 #4,358
1998 — 13 13 #4,899
1997 — 9 9 #6,147
1995 — 7 7 #7,050
1994 — 7 7 #7,020
1993 — 6 6 #7,704
1987 — 5 5 #7,048
1986 — 6 6 #6,005
1984 — 5 5 #6,404
1983 — 5 5 #6,354
1979 — 8 8 #4,462
1971 — 9 9 #3,432
1968 — 5 5 #4,234
1961 — 6 6 #3,737
1957 — 7 7 #3,322
1950 — 6 6 #3,421
1947 — 8 8 #2,939
1938 — 6 6 #3,268
1931 — 5 5 #3,859
1930 — 5 5 #4,097
1926 — 5 5 #4,301
1925 — 5 5 #4,308
1921 — 5 5 #4,399
1920 — 5 5 #4,388
1918 — 5 5 #4,270
1914 — 5 5 #3,345
1897 — 5 5 #1,225