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.

Malikah*

#6,907 most common girls' name of all time · #11,616 across all names · 8% male / 92% female · used 1968–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#6,907
Rank overall
#11,616 of 105,966
First appeared
1968
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
1,033
Since 2016
79
Peak year
1979 #2,210
Best rank
#2,187 1977
Girls Boys peak 45/yr
198020002020

Malikah 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 6 — 6 #13,532
2024 8 — 8 #11,336
2023 8 — 8 #11,394
2022 9 — 9 #10,585
2021 14 — 14 #7,723
2020 6 — 6 #13,779
2018 5 — 5 #16,142
2017 9 8 17 #10,923
2016 6 — 6 #14,694
2015 10 — 10 #10,339
2014 9 — 9 #11,161
2013 12 5 17 #9,165
2012 11 5 16 #9,875
2011 13 11 24 #8,764
2010 12 9 21 #9,371
2009 — 5 5 —
2008 10 13 23 #11,000
2007 6 7 13 #15,909
2006 12 11 23 #9,453
2005 10 5 15 #10,342
2004 11 — 11 #9,444
2003 8 5 13 #11,600
2002 17 — 17 #6,509
2001 13 — 13 #7,880
2000 15 — 15 #6,940
1999 14 — 14 #6,994
1998 19 — 19 #5,473
1997 29 — 29 #3,849
1996 24 — 24 #4,384
1995 33 — 33 #3,391
1994 25 — 25 #4,187
1993 40 — 40 #2,960
1992 32 — 32 #3,464
1991 34 — 34 #3,267
1990 17 — 17 #5,432
1989 12 — 12 #6,726
1988 20 — 20 #4,419
1987 12 — 12 #6,135
1986 20 — 20 #4,127
1985 17 — 17 #4,569
1984 34 — 34 #2,718
1983 28 — 28 #3,046
1982 15 — 15 #4,870
1981 41 — 41 #2,404
1980 36 — 36 #2,640
1979 45 — 45 #2,210
1978 38 — 38 #2,384
1977 43 — 43 #2,187
1976 36 — 36 #2,329
1975 5 — 5 #9,835
1974 6 — 6 #8,351
1972 6 — 6 #7,978
1971 6 — 6 #8,063
1970 10 — 10 #5,384
1969 7 — 7 #6,542
1968 5 — 5 #8,078