Malakai
#869 most common boys' name of all time · #1,990 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1988–2025
Rank among boys
#869
Rank overall
#1,990 of 105,966
First appeared
1988
Years on the list
37 of 146
All-time
17,887
Since 2016
12,389
Peak year
2025 #213
Best rank
#213 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 1,657/yr
Malakai first appears in 1988. 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 | — | 1,657 | 1,657 | #213 |
| 2024 | 6 | 1,545 | 1,551 | #232 |
| 2023 | 6 | 1,576 | 1,582 | #226 |
| 2022 | 7 | 1,527 | 1,534 | #231 |
| 2021 | 5 | 1,392 | 1,397 | #256 |
| 2020 | 6 | 1,187 | 1,193 | #285 |
| 2019 | 6 | 1,078 | 1,084 | #312 |
| 2018 | — | 839 | 839 | #383 |
| 2017 | — | 815 | 815 | #391 |
| 2016 | 5 | 732 | 737 | #427 |
| 2015 | — | 600 | 600 | #491 |
| 2014 | — | 545 | 545 | #514 |
| 2013 | — | 470 | 470 | #562 |
| 2012 | — | 454 | 454 | #569 |
| 2011 | — | 384 | 384 | #620 |
| 2010 | — | 443 | 443 | #574 |
| 2009 | — | 398 | 398 | #629 |
| 2008 | 5 | 395 | 400 | #627 |
| 2007 | 6 | 323 | 329 | #717 |
| 2006 | 5 | 296 | 301 | #729 |
| 2005 | — | 282 | 282 | #724 |
| 2004 | — | 236 | 236 | #773 |
| 2003 | — | 191 | 191 | #887 |
| 2002 | — | 180 | 180 | #900 |
| 2001 | — | 111 | 111 | #1,214 |
| 2000 | — | 31 | 31 | #2,911 |
| 1999 | — | 24 | 24 | #3,367 |
| 1998 | — | 30 | 30 | #2,773 |
| 1997 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,558 |
| 1996 | — | 19 | 19 | #3,666 |
| 1995 | — | 20 | 20 | #3,413 |
| 1994 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,441 |
| 1993 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,677 |
| 1992 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,326 |
| 1991 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,000 |
| 1990 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,048 |
| 1988 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,405 |