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.

Malique

#3,174 most common boys' name of all time · #7,695 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1989–2025

Rank among boys
#3,174
Rank overall
#7,695 of 105,966
First appeared
1989
Years on the list
37 of 146
All-time
1,963
Since 2016
239
Peak year
1998 #1,022
Best rank
#1,020 1996
Girls Boys peak 133/yr
20002020

Malique first appears in 1989. 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 11 11 #7,403
2024 24 24 #4,385
2023 15 15 #6,069
2022 20 20 #4,941
2021 26 26 #4,068
2020 26 26 #3,974
2019 37 37 #3,176
2018 25 25 #4,167
2017 28 28 #3,854
2016 27 27 #3,945
2015 32 32 #3,478
2014 30 30 #3,587
2013 49 49 #2,517
2012 46 46 #2,668
2011 41 41 #2,892
2010 56 56 #2,312
2009 59 59 #2,246
2008 61 61 #2,204
2007 66 66 #2,091
2006 68 68 #1,991
2005 85 85 #1,616
2004 71 71 #1,783
2003 85 85 #1,526
2002 92 92 #1,422
2001 6 106 112 #1,264
2000 99 99 #1,313
1999 77 77 #1,488
1998 133 133 #1,022
1997 119 119 #1,073
1996 5 123 128 #1,020
1995 83 83 #1,298
1994 48 48 #1,821
1993 33 33 #2,346
1992 22 22 #3,101
1991 17 17 #3,632
1990 6 6 #7,937
1989 6 6 #7,866