How rare is the name Malakai?

7,435 people in the United States have the first name Malakai, about 1 in 40,623. It ranks #3,011 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MALAKAI

#3,011

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,435
About
1 in 40,623
This common or more
81.4%
Who bears it

Of the 7,435 people named Malakai, 30.2% reported their origin as White, 26.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 20.1% as two or more races. 99.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Malakai peaked in 2025, when 1,657 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19882025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
1,657
In 2025*
1,657
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 17,887 babies have been given the name since 1988. 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.

Malakai by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #448. The largest share of babies named Malakai, 78.3%, were born in 2013 or later.

1980s#27,2107
1990s#10,562136
2000s#1,7632,459
2010s#9646,371
2020s#4488,914
Millennials 1981–960.4%
Generation Z 1997–1221.3%
2013 and later78.3%

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 Malakai is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Malakai has been most common in Nevada (3.9×), Hawaii (3.5×), and Arizona (2.7×), and least common in New Jersey (0.32×).

16,711 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.

Either side of Malakai

#3,009 Journee · 7,439#3,009 Yaretzi · 7,439#3,012 Mac · 7,431#3,013 Jamil · 7,428

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Malakai, most common first.

#1,026 Malachi · 41,144#3,615 Malika · 5,656#4,015 Malka · 4,838#4,390 Malak · 4,277#5,287 Malaki · 3,282#7,072 Malaika · 2,190#9,163 Malakhi · 1,538#12,045 Malachai · 1,046

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