Recorded 1949–2025 · United States
Malik was most popular in 1996, when 4,050 American babies were given the name — ranking #186 that year. In 2025 it ranked #881, with 724 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 49,866 people named Malik.
Malik first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1949, which makes it about 76 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 64 of the 77 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 49,866 American births named Malik 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 48,777 are estimated to be alive today.
724 American babies were named Malik in 2025, ranking #881 that year.
Malik is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 783 births a year, against 913 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -14% 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.
Across the whole record Malik is a boy’s name — 0.5% of the 49,866 Americans given it were girls and 99.5% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% 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.
Roughly 48,777 Americans named Malik are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 24 years old, and half are between 15 and 29.
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.
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