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.

Malaika

#3,708 most common girls' name of all time · #6,350 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1968–2025

Rank among girls
#3,708
Rank overall
#6,350 of 105,966
First appeared
1968
Years on the list
58 of 146
All-time
2,662
Since 2016
684
Peak year
2006 #2,240
Best rank
#1,392 1972
Girls Boys peak 86/yr
198020002020

Malaika first appears in 1968. 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 78 — 78 #2,339
2024 86 — 86 #2,209
2023 72 — 72 #2,476
2022 67 — 67 #2,621
2021 75 — 75 #2,400
2020 62 — 62 #2,696
2019 52 — 52 #3,097
2018 66 — 66 #2,628
2017 69 — 69 #2,558
2016 57 — 57 #2,949
2015 63 — 63 #2,788
2014 58 — 58 #2,938
2013 53 — 53 #3,097
2012 49 — 49 #3,326
2011 62 — 62 #2,809
2010 69 — 69 #2,622
2009 61 — 61 #2,872
2008 51 — 51 #3,291
2007 69 — 69 #2,669
2006 86 — 86 #2,240
2005 74 — 74 #2,390
2004 85 — 85 #2,123
2003 72 — 72 #2,335
2002 66 — 66 #2,428
2001 60 — 60 #2,553
2000 57 — 57 #2,610
1999 47 — 47 #2,880
1998 28 — 28 #4,075
1997 29 — 29 #3,848
1996 41 — 41 #2,939
1995 34 — 34 #3,326
1994 39 — 39 #3,018
1993 36 — 36 #3,194
1992 29 — 29 #3,738
1991 20 — 20 #4,921
1990 28 — 28 #3,784
1989 15 — 15 #5,704
1988 17 — 17 #4,965
1987 18 — 18 #4,593
1986 17 — 17 #4,658
1985 10 — 10 #6,709
1984 15 — 15 #4,888
1983 16 — 16 #4,614
1982 20 — 20 #3,988
1981 19 — 19 #4,111
1980 27 — 27 #3,197
1979 29 — 29 #2,985
1978 30 — 30 #2,787
1977 35 — 35 #2,509
1976 26 — 26 #2,917
1975 36 — 36 #2,312
1974 43 — 43 #1,995
1973 59 — 59 #1,588
1972 72 — 72 #1,392
1971 56 — 56 #1,664
1970 37 — 37 #2,201
1969 7 — 7 #6,525
1968 8 — 8 #5,624