first name
MALCOLM
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 40,938 people named Malcolm, 47.9% reported their origin as White, 39.2% as Black and 6.2% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Malcolm peaked in 1992, when 1,495 babies got the name.
At least 70,328 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Malcolm by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #482. The largest share of babies named Malcolm, 17.9%, 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 Malcolm is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Malcolm has been most common in Maine (3.1×), Louisiana (2.4×), and District of Columbia (2.3×), and least common in North Dakota (0.17×).
64,935 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.
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Also a last name
As a last name, Malcolm ranks #3,364 of 156,621, with 10,408 people. See Malcolm as a last name
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