NameTides

Malachi

Malachi was the #134 boys' name in the US in 2025 (2,692 babies), and #292 in England & Wales and #255 in Canada.

Malachi as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Malachi as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaNorthern IrelandEngland & WalesScotlandIreland
Malachi as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#134 (2,692)#292 (157)#400 (8)#314 (5)#577 (5)#255 (132)
2024#149 (2,424)#290 (154)#727 (3)——#251 (130)
2023#146 (2,482)#321 (137)#366 (9)#312 (5)#472 (7)#270 (116)
2022#161 (2,307)#325 (134)#703 (3)—#779 (3)#358 (87)
2021#167 (2,324)#356 (126)———#308 (112)
2020#156 (2,402)#318 (145)—#252 (7)#741 (3)#359 (87)
2019#160 (2,454)#308 (157)—#242 (8)#764 (3)#318 (101)
2018#154 (2,514)#279 (179)#516 (5)#255 (7)#520 (6)#283 (121)
2017#153 (2,549)#244 (220)#490 (6)#363 (4)#547 (5)#352 (93)
2016#154 (2,634)#271 (194)#592 (4)#253 (7)#541 (5)#334 (98)
2015#158 (2,602)#265 (193)—#415 (3)#503 (6)#381 (81)
2014#178 (2,400)#246 (226)#439 (7)#315 (5)—#334 (96)
2013#174 (2,337)#239 (213)#434 (7)#343 (4)#422 (8)#351 (84)
2012#167 (2,329)#233 (221)#568 (4)——#305 (103)
2011#163 (2,353)#225 (218)#544 (4)—#623 (4)#323 (95)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #134.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 630 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 630common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,500uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 4,700uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Malachi is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 630 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 580 to 1 in 680.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Malachi by state, 2025Alaska: #110AKMaine: #234MEWisconsin: #146WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #206NHWashington: #136WAIdaho: #188IDMontana: #127MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #168MNIllinois: #137ILMichigan: #93MINew York: #263NYMassachusetts: #259MAOregon: #99ORNevada: #123NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #127SDIowa: #180IAIndiana: #100INOhio: #123OHPennsylvania: #151PANew Jersey: #240NJConnecticut: #187CTRhode Island: #200RICalifornia: #171CAUtah: #225UTColorado: #178CONebraska: #432NEMissouri: #98MOKentucky: #126KYWest Virginia: #151WVVirginia: #107VAMaryland: #116MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #175AZNew Mexico: #148NMKansas: #160KSArkansas: #151ARTennessee: #100TNNorth Carolina: #93NCSouth Carolina: #151SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #96OKLouisiana: #96LAMississippi: #79MSAlabama: #73ALGeorgia: #70GAHawaii: #126HITexas: #130TXFlorida: #107FL
Malachi (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#22762

Malachi (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MalachiCanadaBoys#255132
MalachiEngland & WalesBoys#292157
MalachiIrelandBoys#5775
MalachiNorthern IrelandBoys#3145
MalachiScotlandBoys#4008
MalachiUSGirls#10,1079
MalachiUSBoys#1342,692