NameTides

Malka

Malka was the #1,008 girls' name in the US in 2025 (248 babies), and #1,229 in England & Wales and #2,475 in Canada.

Malka as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Malka as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanada
Malka as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#1,008 (248)#1,229 (26)#2,475 (8)
2024#984 (264)#1,541 (20)#2,445 (8)
2023#1,055 (237)#1,774 (16)#2,900 (6)
2022#1,098 (227)#1,023 (33)#1,482 (15)
2021#1,122 (220)#1,866 (15)—
2020#1,241 (183)#2,042 (13)#2,343 (8)
2019#1,280 (181)#1,782 (16)#3,266 (5)
2018#1,249 (186)#1,586 (19)#2,587 (7)
2017#1,160 (212)#1,733 (17)—
2016#1,140 (222)#1,571 (20)—
2015#1,317 (180)#1,549 (20)#2,179 (9)
2014#1,333 (177)#1,798 (16)#3,316 (5)
2013#1,362 (171)#1,639 (18)#2,595 (7)
2012#1,639 (131)#1,720 (17)#2,921 (6)
2011#1,446 (156)#2,275 (11)#1,882 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #984.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1946.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,500 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 6,500uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 9,700uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 19,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Malka is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 5,500 to 1 in 6,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Malka 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: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #147NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: 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: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #56NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: 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: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Malka (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MalkaCanadaGirls#2,4758
MalkaEngland & WalesGirls#1,22926
MalkaUSGirls#1,008248
MalkaUSBoys—too few