NameTides

Malachy

Malachy was the #8,243 boys' name in the US in 2025 (9 babies), and #1,359 in England & Wales.

Malachy as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Malachy 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.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandIrelandEngland & WalesUS
Malachy 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#8,243 (9)#1,359 (20)—#199 (10)#372 (10)—
2024#5,904 (15)#1,132 (25)—#216 (9)#252 (17)—
2023#5,255 (18)#1,533 (16)#533 (5)#153 (15)#436 (8)—
2022#5,215 (18)#1,268 (21)#703 (3)#234 (8)#287 (16)—
2021#5,562 (16)#1,250 (21)#401 (8)#192 (12)#454 (7)—
2020#4,698 (20)#1,111 (24)—#304 (5)#280 (16)—
2019#5,555 (16)#1,113 (24)#431 (7)#226 (9)#352 (11)—
2018#7,136 (11)#1,040 (27)#392 (8)#255 (7)#262 (18)—
2017#5,111 (18)#1,097 (26)#733 (3)#214 (9)#418 (8)#2,762 (5)
2016#4,199 (24)#790 (41)#532 (5)#175 (14)#345 (12)#2,182 (7)
2015#5,999 (14)#753 (43)#588 (4)#237 (8)#421 (8)—
2014#4,866 (19)#695 (47)#533 (5)#243 (8)#267 (18)#2,667 (5)
2013#4,804 (19)#720 (45)#520 (5)#219 (9)#383 (10)#1,771 (9)
2012#7,050 (11)#566 (64)#669 (3)#247 (7)#401 (9)#1,781 (9)
2011#5,675 (15)#537 (65)#459 (6)#375 (3)#490 (6)#2,629 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1897 at #1,057.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1897.

How common is it?

about 1 in 200,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 200,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 14,000rare
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 830common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Malachy is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 170,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 100,000 to 1 in 290,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MalachyCanadaBoys—too few
MalachyEngland & WalesBoys#1,35920
MalachyIrelandBoys#37210
MalachyNorthern IrelandBoys#19910
MalachyScotlandBoys—too few
MalachyUSBoys#8,2439