NameTides

Malik

Malik was the #437 boys' name in the US in 2025 (724 babies), and #282 in England & Wales and #151 in Canada.

Malik as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Malik 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.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUSScotlandIreland
Malik 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.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#437 (724)#282 (160)#560 (5)—#676 (4)#151 (216)
2024#428 (740)#264 (177)#432 (7)#339 (4)#472 (7)#155 (216)
2023#383 (835)#271 (172)#435 (7)—#472 (7)#128 (241)
2022#394 (808)#317 (141)#472 (6)—#509 (6)#136 (246)
2021#392 (810)#378 (118)#533 (5)——#156 (235)
2020#373 (838)#390 (109)#324 (11)—#637 (4)#153 (234)
2019#363 (886)#399 (109)#701 (3)—#506 (6)#141 (264)
2018#373 (874)#410 (104)———#145 (257)
2017#378 (869)#522 (75)#733 (3)#415 (3)#547 (5)#168 (223)
2016#382 (844)#501 (81)#532 (5)—#491 (6)#177 (211)
2015#375 (862)#423 (97)#686 (3)—#699 (3)#150 (251)
2014#372 (842)#475 (83)#680 (3)——#145 (277)
2013#341 (940)#440 (91)#520 (5)—#479 (6)#144 (264)
2012#340 (913)#440 (90)#568 (4)—#548 (5)#135 (292)
2011#322 (988)#479 (77)——#623 (4)#133 (288)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1996 at #97.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1949.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,400 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 2,400uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 740common

Next year

On its recent trend, Malik is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,200 to 1 in 2,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Malik by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #618WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #684WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #304MNIllinois: #297ILMichigan: #248MINew York: #399NYMassachusetts: #361MAOregon: #378ORNevada: #362NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #493IAIndiana: #668INOhio: #333OHPennsylvania: #378PANew Jersey: #429NJConnecticut: #440CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #423CAUtah: #515UTColorado: #441CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #439MOKentucky: #450KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #452VAMaryland: #227MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #594AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #524KSArkansas: #353ARTennessee: #551TNNorth Carolina: #539NCSouth Carolina: #743SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #353LAMississippi: #370MSAlabama: #484ALGeorgia: #370GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #502TXFlorida: #348FL
Malik (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#62110
Ontario2024#19869

Malik (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
MalikCanadaBoys#151216
MalikEngland & WalesGirls—too few
MalikEngland & WalesBoys#282160
MalikIrelandBoys#6764
MalikNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MalikScotlandBoys#5605
MalikUSGirls—too few
MalikUSBoys#437724