How rare is the name Malika?

5,656 people in the United States have the first name Malika, about 1 in 53,400. It ranks #3,615 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

MALIKA

#3,615

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,656
About
1 in 53,400
This common or more
82.7%
Who bears it

Of the 5,656 people named Malika, 50.5% reported their origin as Black, 20.2% as White and 15.6% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 97.8% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Malika peaked in 1996, when 183 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19662025
Peak year
1996
Births that year
183
In 2025*
64 ▼65%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 5,003 babies have been given the name since 1966. 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.

Malika by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #2,166. The largest share of babies named Malika, 35.1%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1960s#10,83930
1970s#2,195819
1980s#2,455818
1990s#2,1661,397
2000s#4,076751
2010s#4,353729
2020s#4,236459
Generation X 1965–8018.9%
Millennials 1981–9635.1%
Generation Z 1997–1226.2%
2013 and later19.8%

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 Malika is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Malika has been most common in New York (3.6×), New Jersey (3×), and Pennsylvania (2.4×), and least common in Texas (0.23×).

2,807 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 Malika

1 other first name also has 5,656 people.

#3,615 Cheng · 5,656

Either side of Malika

#3,614 Zulma · 5,657#3,615 Cheng · 5,656#3,617 Iesha · 5,650#3,618 Marnie · 5,648

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,097 Malik · 37,659#4,015 Malka · 4,838#6,832 Malisa · 2,303#7,072 Malaika · 2,190#12,011 Mallika · 1,050#12,130 Malikai · 1,036#13,210 Maliki · 920#13,768 Malikah · 870

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