NameTides

Malak

Malak was the #1,540 girls' name in the US in 2025 (137 babies), and #778 in England & Wales and #567 in Canada.

Malak as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Malak as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaIrelandEngland & WalesScotlandUS
Malak as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,540 (137)#778 (47)#780 (3)#718 (4)#567 (53)
2024#1,664 (123)#869 (42)——#621 (47)
2023#1,780 (114)#981 (35)——#907 (29)
2022#1,601 (132)#718 (51)#531 (5)#905 (3)#902 (29)
2021#1,816 (111)#901 (39)—#764 (4)#548 (54)
2020#1,494 (143)#683 (54)#429 (7)—#440 (68)
2019#1,763 (116)#1,119 (30)——#541 (58)
2018#1,554 (139)#972 (37)——#425 (76)
2017#1,263 (187)#870 (44)—#873 (3)#478 (68)
2016#1,365 (173)#916 (40)——#414 (82)
2015#1,307 (182)#1,033 (34)#806 (3)—#450 (74)
2014#1,376 (168)#859 (44)——#326 (101)
2013#1,378 (169)#865 (43)—#587 (6)#404 (80)
2012#1,413 (162)#738 (54)—#907 (3)#323 (99)
2011#1,164 (210)#744 (51)—#937 (3)#279 (119)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2011 at #1,164.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1983.
  • In 2025, 89% of US babies named Malak were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 12,000 baby girls 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
USGirls2025about 1 in 12,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 5,400uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Malak is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 12,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 14,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Malak by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #748ILMichigan: #589MINew York: #1,028NYMassachusetts: #761MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #959OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #1,036NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,830CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #936VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,138NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,358GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,038TXFlorida: #1,545FL
Malak (girls) 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
Quebec2025#29618
Ontario2024#67518

Malak (girls): 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
MalakCanadaGirls#56753
MalakCanadaBoys—too few
MalakEngland & WalesGirls#77847
MalakIrelandGirls#7184
MalakNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MalakScotlandGirls#7803
MalakUSGirls#1,540137
MalakUSBoys#5,39917