Malik Boy
How popular is Malik?
#437 boy name in 2025
724 baby boys were named Malik in the US in 2025, making it the 437th most popular boy name.
Malik popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #437 for boys (▼ 9 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 724 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-16% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #375 in 2015, #373 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1996 (4,026 boys) |
| Highest rank | #97 in 1996 |
| First recorded | 1949 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.5% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Malik counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Malik family of names ranked #416 for boys in 2025 (#405 the year before), with 760 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Malik | 724 | 95% |
| Malick | 22 | 3% |
| Maliq | 6 | 1% |
| Malyk | 8 | 1% |
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 Malik is most popular
Babies named Malik per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Michigan: 0.9 per 1,000 (179 boys)
- Maryland: 0.9 per 1,000 (103 boys)
- Mississippi: 0.8 per 1,000 (48 boys)
- Louisiana: 0.8 per 1,000 (86 boys)
- Georgia: 0.8 per 1,000 (207 boys)
Malik by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | #3,689 |
| 1950s | 6 | #3,371 |
| 1960s | 139 | #1,086 |
| 1970s | 1,348 | #649 |
| 1980s | 1,427 | #665 |
| 1990s | 17,951 | #97 |
| 2000s | 14,766 | #176 |
| 2010s | 9,210 | #283 |
| 2020s | 4,755 | #373 |
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Questions
- Is Malik a boy or girl name?
- Malik is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Malik were boys.
- How popular is the name Malik?
- 724 baby boys were named Malik in the US in 2025, making it the 437th most popular boy name.
- When was Malik most popular?
- Malik peaked in 1996, when 4,026 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #97 in 1996.
- How many people are named Malik?
- 49,866 babies have been named Malik in the US since 1880. We estimate about 48,844 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 24.
- Where is Malik most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Malik was most common in Michigan, at 0.9 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.