Malaika
Recorded 1968–2025 · United States
Malaika was most popular in 2006, when 86 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,840 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,188, with 78 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,662 people named Malaika.
Malaika over time
How old is the name Malaika?
Malaika first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1968, which makes it about 57 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 58 of the 58 years since.
How many people are named Malaika?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,662 American births named Malaika between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,614 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Malaika in 2025?
78 American babies were named Malaika in 2025, ranking #4,188 that year.
Is Malaika getting more or less popular?
Malaika is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 76 births a year, against 57 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +33% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Malaika a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Malaika is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,662 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Malaika?
Roughly 2,614 Americans named Malaika are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 21 years old, and half are between 10 and 34.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Malaika is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org