How rare is the name Malka?

4,838 people in the United States have the first name Malka, about 1 in 62,429. It ranks #4,015 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MALKA

#4,015

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,838
About
1 in 62,429
This common or more
83.4%
Who bears it

Of the 4,838 people named Malka, 94.6% reported their origin as White, 1.8% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Malka peaked in 2024, when 264 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19462025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
264
In 2025*
248 ▼6%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,505 babies have been given the name since 1946. 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.

Malka by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #2,034. The largest share of babies named Malka, 41.6%, were born in 2013 or later.

1940s#10,21514
1950s#5,566110
1960s#4,886164
1970s#3,660353
1980s#3,131570
1990s#2,955856
2000s#2,7701,299
2010s#2,4051,760
2020s#2,0341,379
Baby boom 1946–643.3%
Generation X 1965–807.3%
Millennials 1981–9616.5%
Generation Z 1997–1231.2%
2013 and later41.6%

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 Malka is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Malka has been most common in New York (9.4×), New Jersey (9×), and Maryland (0.6×), and least common in Maryland (0.6×).

5,753 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 Malka

#4,013 Christel · 4,840#4,014 Jerold · 4,839#4,016 Flynn · 4,832#4,017 Candido · 4,831

Spelled almost the same

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

#3,615 Malika · 5,656#8,049 Malky · 1,828#19,527 Maleka · 540#30,536 Malkia · 285#30,890 Malaka · 280#36,929 Malk · 213#49,963 Malki · 122#53,155 Malke · 102

Also a last name

As a last name, Malka ranks #32,541 of 156,621, with 757 people. See Malka as a last name

Compare