Malek
#2,391 most common boys' name of all time · #5,774 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1974–2025
Rank among boys
#2,391
Rank overall
#5,774 of 105,966
First appeared
1974
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
3,092
Since 2016
1,179
Peak year
2023 #1,277
Best rank
#1,277 2023
Girls
Boys
peak 151/yr
Malek first appears in 1974. 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 | — | 121 | 121 | #1,475 |
| 2024 | — | 128 | 128 | #1,428 |
| 2023 | — | 151 | 151 | #1,277 |
| 2022 | — | 118 | 118 | #1,529 |
| 2021 | — | 118 | 118 | #1,507 |
| 2020 | — | 125 | 125 | #1,395 |
| 2019 | — | 130 | 130 | #1,376 |
| 2018 | — | 100 | 100 | #1,632 |
| 2017 | — | 93 | 93 | #1,700 |
| 2016 | — | 95 | 95 | #1,670 |
| 2015 | — | 72 | 72 | #2,011 |
| 2014 | — | 96 | 96 | #1,624 |
| 2013 | — | 83 | 83 | #1,758 |
| 2012 | — | 97 | 97 | #1,613 |
| 2011 | 6 | 81 | 87 | #1,792 |
| 2010 | — | 77 | 77 | #1,876 |
| 2009 | — | 98 | 98 | #1,624 |
| 2008 | — | 88 | 88 | #1,730 |
| 2007 | — | 69 | 69 | #2,026 |
| 2006 | — | 71 | 71 | #1,910 |
| 2005 | — | 84 | 84 | #1,630 |
| 2004 | — | 71 | 71 | #1,777 |
| 2003 | — | 71 | 71 | #1,729 |
| 2002 | — | 72 | 72 | #1,657 |
| 2001 | — | 82 | 82 | #1,497 |
| 2000 | — | 74 | 74 | #1,602 |
| 1999 | — | 72 | 72 | #1,553 |
| 1998 | — | 73 | 73 | #1,511 |
| 1997 | — | 75 | 75 | #1,451 |
| 1996 | — | 75 | 75 | #1,410 |
| 1995 | — | 58 | 58 | #1,599 |
| 1994 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,885 |
| 1993 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,785 |
| 1992 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,976 |
| 1991 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,390 |
| 1990 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,848 |
| 1989 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,960 |
| 1988 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,673 |
| 1987 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,909 |
| 1986 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,831 |
| 1985 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,024 |
| 1984 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,863 |
| 1982 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,921 |
| 1981 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,328 |
| 1980 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,053 |
| 1979 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,034 |
| 1978 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,455 |
| 1976 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,470 |
| 1975 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,115 |
| 1974 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,937 |