first name
MALAK
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,277 people named Malak, 85.9% reported their origin as White, 5.4% as two or more races and 5% as Black. 89.8% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Malak peaked in 2011, when 210 babies got the name.
At least 4,183 babies have been given the name since 1983. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Malak by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #2,347. The largest share of babies named Malak, 49.6%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Malak is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Malak has been most common in Michigan (4.7×), Virginia (2.5×), and New Jersey (2.3×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.63×).
2,692 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Exactly as common as Malak
3 other first names also have 4,277 people.
Either side of Malak
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Malak, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Malak ranks #20,959 of 156,621, with 1,275 people. See Malak as a last name
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