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Malik

Pronounced /məˈlik/

Rank in 2024
#429
Born in 2024
736
Peak year
1996 · #97
Origin
Arabic

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 736 boys were named Malik, about 1 in every 2,331.
  • It peaked in 1996 with 4,026 babies, ranked #97.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1949.
  • 48,867 boys have been named Malik since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Malik per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. 0
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. 0.4
    Millennials
  6. 0.8
    Gen Z
  7. 0.5
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 17 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,649 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Millennials: 10,889 babies, 0.36 per 1,000. Gen Z: 26,179 babies, 0.83 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 10,133 babies, 0.47 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Arabic مَالِك (mālik) and مَلِك (malik, “Leader”).

  • A male given name from Arabic.
Origin
Arabic
Say it
/məˈlik/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Malik, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Malek

    Rank
    #1,427
    Born '24
    128
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20232024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Maleek

    Rank
    #3,169
    Born '24
    38
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19972024