Malakai Boy
How popular is Malakai?
#213 boy name in 2025
1,657 baby boys were named Malakai in the US in 2025, making it the 213th most popular boy name.
Malakai popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #213 for boys (▲ 19 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,657 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+176% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #491 in 2015, #285 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (1,657 boys) |
| Highest rank | #213 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1988 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Malakai counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Malakai family of names ranked #225 for boys in 2025 (#245 the year before), with 1,667 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Malakai | 1,657 | 99% |
| Malacai | 5 | 0% |
| Malahkai | 5 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Malakai is most popular
Babies named Malakai per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Hawaii: 4.6 per 1,000 (72 boys)
- New Mexico: 2.2 per 1,000 (71 boys)
- North Dakota: 1.8 per 1,000 (31 boys)
- Alaska: 1.7 per 1,000 (20 boys)
- Oregon: 1.7 per 1,000 (127 boys)
Malakai by decade
Boy names about as popular as Malakai
Questions
- Is Malakai a boy or girl name?
- Malakai is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Malakai were boys.
- How popular is the name Malakai?
- 1,657 baby boys were named Malakai in the US in 2025, making it the 213th most popular boy name.
- When was Malakai most popular?
- Malakai peaked in 2025, when 1,657 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #213 in 2025.
- How many people are named Malakai?
- 17,887 babies have been named Malakai in the US since 1880. We estimate about 17,782 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 6.
- Where is Malakai most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Malakai was most common in Hawaii, at 4.6 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.