first name
MALIK
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 37,659 people named Malik, 74.8% reported their origin as Black, 8.2% as two or more races and 7.9% as White. 99.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Malik peaked in 1996, when 4,050 babies got the name.
At least 49,866 babies have been given the name since 1949. 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.
Malik by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #350. The largest share of babies named Malik, 52.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Malik is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Malik has been most common in District of Columbia (3.8×), Maryland (2.5×), and Georgia (2.2×), and least common in West Virginia (0.08×).
47,948 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 Malik
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Malik, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Malik ranks #1,908 of 156,621, with 18,478 people. See Malik as a last name
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