Malka
#2,115 most common girls' name of all time · #3,602 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1946–2025
Rank among girls
#2,115
Rank overall
#3,602 of 105,966
First appeared
1946
Years on the list
78 of 146
All-time
6,505
Since 2016
2,180
Peak year
2024 #985
Best rank
#985 2024
Girls
Boys
peak 264/yr
Malka first appears in 1946. 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 | 248 | — | 248 | #1,009 |
| 2024 | 264 | — | 264 | #985 |
| 2023 | 237 | — | 237 | #1,057 |
| 2022 | 227 | — | 227 | #1,100 |
| 2021 | 220 | — | 220 | #1,124 |
| 2020 | 183 | — | 183 | #1,243 |
| 2019 | 181 | — | 181 | #1,280 |
| 2018 | 186 | — | 186 | #1,249 |
| 2017 | 212 | — | 212 | #1,161 |
| 2016 | 222 | — | 222 | #1,140 |
| 2015 | 180 | — | 180 | #1,320 |
| 2014 | 177 | — | 177 | #1,337 |
| 2013 | 171 | — | 171 | #1,365 |
| 2012 | 131 | 5 | 136 | #1,641 |
| 2011 | 156 | — | 156 | #1,448 |
| 2010 | 139 | — | 139 | #1,577 |
| 2009 | 169 | — | 169 | #1,401 |
| 2008 | 125 | — | 125 | #1,767 |
| 2007 | 161 | — | 161 | #1,456 |
| 2006 | 124 | — | 124 | #1,697 |
| 2005 | 152 | — | 152 | #1,411 |
| 2004 | 123 | — | 123 | #1,596 |
| 2003 | 116 | — | 116 | #1,660 |
| 2002 | 98 | — | 98 | #1,828 |
| 2001 | 119 | — | 119 | #1,567 |
| 2000 | 112 | — | 112 | #1,583 |
| 1999 | 99 | — | 99 | #1,672 |
| 1998 | 107 | — | 107 | #1,555 |
| 1997 | 95 | — | 95 | #1,665 |
| 1996 | 98 | — | 98 | #1,589 |
| 1995 | 78 | — | 78 | #1,823 |
| 1994 | 89 | — | 89 | #1,679 |
| 1993 | 63 | — | 63 | #2,139 |
| 1992 | 73 | — | 73 | #1,913 |
| 1991 | 76 | — | 76 | #1,864 |
| 1990 | 78 | — | 78 | #1,839 |
| 1989 | 70 | — | 70 | #1,886 |
| 1988 | 69 | — | 69 | #1,810 |
| 1987 | 64 | — | 64 | #1,824 |
| 1986 | 53 | — | 53 | #2,043 |
| 1985 | 53 | — | 53 | #2,027 |
| 1984 | 63 | — | 63 | #1,742 |
| 1983 | 50 | — | 50 | #2,031 |
| 1982 | 50 | — | 50 | #2,065 |
| 1981 | 49 | — | 49 | #2,102 |
| 1980 | 49 | — | 49 | #2,109 |
| 1979 | 42 | — | 42 | #2,289 |
| 1978 | 45 | — | 45 | #2,113 |
| 1977 | 40 | — | 40 | #2,286 |
| 1976 | 44 | — | 44 | #2,010 |
| 1975 | 34 | — | 34 | #2,383 |
| 1974 | 36 | — | 36 | #2,232 |
| 1973 | 30 | — | 30 | #2,483 |
| 1972 | 26 | — | 26 | #2,718 |
| 1971 | 30 | — | 30 | #2,516 |
| 1970 | 26 | — | 26 | #2,753 |
| 1969 | 25 | — | 25 | #2,680 |
| 1968 | 14 | — | 14 | #3,711 |
| 1967 | 11 | — | 11 | #4,210 |
| 1966 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,878 |
| 1965 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,876 |
| 1964 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,353 |
| 1963 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,752 |
| 1962 | 15 | — | 15 | #3,398 |
| 1961 | 20 | — | 20 | #2,821 |
| 1960 | 26 | — | 26 | #2,360 |
| 1959 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,087 |
| 1958 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,703 |
| 1957 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,813 |
| 1956 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,670 |
| 1955 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,428 |
| 1954 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,304 |
| 1953 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,805 |
| 1952 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,441 |
| 1951 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,973 |
| 1950 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,416 |
| 1948 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,868 |
| 1946 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,639 |