NameTides

Malek

Malek was the #1,466 boys' name in the US in 2025 (121 babies), and #1,124 in England & Wales and #486 in Canada.

Malek as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Malek as a boy’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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Malek as a boy’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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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#1,466 (121)#1,124 (26)——#486 (62)
2024#1,426 (128)#1,517 (17)#727 (3)#785 (3)#474 (64)
2023#1,271 (151)#1,533 (16)—#660 (4)#429 (68)
2022#1,523 (118)#1,179 (23)——#465 (60)
2021#1,503 (118)#939 (32)—#631 (4)#485 (60)
2020#1,390 (125)#1,230 (21)—#741 (3)#417 (71)
2019#1,372 (130)#1,217 (21)—#764 (3)#406 (74)
2018#1,625 (100)#3,011 (6)——#433 (68)
2017#1,695 (93)#1,923 (12)——#468 (61)
2016#1,663 (95)#2,804 (7)——#485 (59)
2015#2,001 (72)#2,707 (7)——#479 (59)
2014#1,619 (96)#2,690 (7)——#389 (76)
2013#1,754 (83)#1,706 (13)——#535 (50)
2012#1,602 (97)#1,962 (11)——#413 (68)
2011#1,780 (81)#1,788 (12)——#410 (70)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #1,271.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1974.

How common is it?

about 1 in 14,000 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 14,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 10,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Malek is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 13,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 16,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Malek by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #768MINew York: #1,202NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #604ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,015OHPennsylvania: #1,094PANew Jersey: #1,022NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #906CAUtah: 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: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: 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: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth 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: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,652TXFlorida: #1,478FL
Malek (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
Quebec2025#22424
Ontario2024#48825

Malek (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
MalekCanadaGirls—too few
MalekCanadaBoys#48662
MalekEngland & WalesGirls—too few
MalekEngland & WalesBoys#1,12426
MalekIrelandBoys—too few
MalekNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MalekScotlandBoys—too few
MalekUSGirls—too few
MalekUSBoys#1,466121