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Malachi
Pronounced /ˈmæləkaɪ/
Rank in 2024
#149
Born in 2024
2,404
Peak year
2006 · #150
Origin
Hebrew
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 2,404 boys were named Malachi, about 1 in every 714.
- It peaked in 2006 with 2,776 babies, ranked #150.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 63,010 boys have been named Malachi since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Malachi per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.9Gen Z1997–12
- 1.4Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 364 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 297 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 298 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 498 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 2,421 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Gen Z: 29,658 babies, 0.94 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 29,381 babies, 1.35 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Latin Mālāchiās, from Ancient Greek Μαλαχίας (Malakhías), from Hebrew מַלְאָכִי (mal'achi, malʼāḵî, literally “my messenger”), singular form of מַלְאָךְ (mal'akh, “angel; messenger; ambassadors”) with first-person singular personal pronoun as possessor.
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- /ˈmæləkaɪ/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Malachi, CC BY-SA 4.0.