Malachi
Rank in 2025
#10107
recorded as girls
#134
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
2,701
girls 9 · boys 2,692
Peak year
2025
2,692 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
66,048
since 1880
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Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Malachi was most popular in 2025, when 2,692 babies recorded as boys got the name (1.6 per 1,000). In 2025, 2,692 babies were named Malachi, ranking #134 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 10107 | 2,692 | 134 |
| 2024 | 6 | 13477 | 2,424 | 149 |
| 2023 | 8 | 11169 | 2,482 | 146 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 2,307 | 161 |
| 2021 | 8 | 11146 | 2,324 | 167 |
| 2020 | 5 | 15088 | 2,402 | 156 |
| 2019 | 10 | 9736 | 2,454 | 160 |
| 2018 | 9 | 10545 | 2,514 | 154 |
| 2017 | 7 | 12713 | 2,549 | 153 |
| 2016 | 9 | 10859 | 2,634 | 154 |
| 2015 | 16 | 7266 | 2,602 | 158 |
| 2014 | 10 | 10129 | 2,400 | 178 |
| 2013 | 10 | 10235 | 2,337 | 174 |
| 2012 | 9 | 11257 | 2,329 | 167 |
| 2011 | 9 | 11181 | 2,353 | 163 |
| 2010 | 8 | 12276 | 2,416 | 161 |
| 2009 | 11 | 9975 | 2,352 | 166 |
| 2008 | 5 | 17504 | 2,459 | 160 |
| 2007 | 10 | 10818 | 2,710 | 155 |
| 2006 | 14 | 8237 | 2,776 | 150 |
| 2005 | 18 | 6528 | 2,553 | 162 |
| 2004 | 15 | 7391 | 2,246 | 179 |
| 2003 | 6 | 13844 | 1,919 | 194 |
| 2002 | 13 | 7816 | 1,673 | 210 |
| 2001 | 10 | 9351 | 1,325 | 252 |
| 2000 | 10 | 9163 | 767 | 351 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 706 | 369 |
| 1998 | 11 | 8016 | 577 | 413 |
| 1997 | 10 | 8334 | 505 | 442 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 414 | 504 |
| 1995 | 8 | 9553 | 359 | 531 |
| 1994 | 5 | 13430 | 271 | 630 |
| 1993 | 6 | 11780 | 247 | 655 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 178 | 783 |
| 1991 | 5 | 13147 | 149 | 856 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 119 | 949 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 114 | 956 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 90 | 1041 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 92 | 990 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 83 | 1015 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 75 | 1066 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 67 | 1096 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 68 | 1075 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 51 | 1310 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 44 | 1433 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 62 | 1154 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 62 | 1137 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 41 | 1452 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 49 | 1268 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 44 | 1333 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 53 | 1160 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 35 | 1471 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 31 | 1548 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 20 | 2020 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 31 | 1560 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 24 | 1794 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 17 | 2046 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 11 | 2576 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 5 | 3966 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 5 | 3948 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 8 | 2982 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 13 | 2310 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 5 | 4048 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 16 | 2035 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 17 | 1997 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 11 | 2535 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 11 | 2530 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 16 | 2026 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 15 | 2093 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 20 | 1765 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 13 | 2219 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 14 | 2114 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 11 | 2391 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 17 | 1856 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 18 | 1774 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 20 | 1657 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 19 | 1702 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 23 | 1519 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 14 | 2076 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 25 | 1409 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 12 | 2009 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 11 | 2195 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 17 | 1764 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 22 | 1496 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 16 | 1759 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 24 | 1368 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 22 | 1425 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 19 | 1559 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 15 | 1828 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 12 | 2062 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 21 | 1494 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 18 | 1658 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 22 | 1456 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 13 | 2101 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 12 | 2207 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 18 | 1753 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 10 | 2589 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 13 | 2270 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 17 | 1959 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 22 | 1605 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 22 | 1628 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 20 | 1776 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 16 | 2020 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 26 | 1470 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 18 | 1904 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 21 | 1694 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 23 | 1531 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 14 | 2165 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 18 | 1755 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 13 | 2152 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 19 | 1600 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 13 | 1772 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 21 | 1112 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 17 | 1137 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | 6 | 1537 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 12 | 928 |
| 1909 | <5 | — | 7 | 1155 |
| 1908 | <5 | — | 10 | 877 |
| 1907 | <5 | — | 5 | 1345 |
| 1906 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1905 | <5 | — | 5 | 1233 |
| 1904 | <5 | — | 6 | 1064 |
| 1903 | <5 | — | 5 | 1130 |
| 1902 | <5 | — | 8 | 862 |
| 1901 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1900 | <5 | — | 5 | 1310 |
| 1899 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1898 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1897 | <5 | — | 6 | 942 |
| 1896 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1895 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1894 | <5 | — | 6 | 954 |
| 1893 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1892 | <5 | — | 5 | 1066 |
| 1891 | <5 | — | 5 | 963 |
| 1890 | <5 | — | 8 | 739 |
| 1889 | <5 | — | 6 | 878 |
| 1888 | <5 | — | 7 | 815 |
| 1887 | <5 | — | 7 | 752 |
| 1886 | <5 | — | 8 | 694 |
| 1885 | <5 | — | 7 | 765 |
| 1884 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1883 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1882 | <5 | — | 8 | 691 |
| 1881 | <5 | — | 5 | 866 |
| 1880 | <5 | — | 10 | 600 |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls <1% · boys 100% across all years