How Many People Are Named Malachi?
people named Malachi are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 5,299 people in the US has this name
Based on 66,048 babies named Malachi in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
π Rare
Peak Year
2,790 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the Hebrew ΧΦ·ΧΦ°ΧΦΈΧΦ΄Χ (Mal'akhiy) meaning "my messenger" or "my angel". This is one of the twelve minor prophets of the Old Testament, the author of the Book of Malachi, which some claim foretells the coming of Christ. In England the name came into use after the Protestant Reformation.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
β§ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Malachi (99.6%) were boys.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Malachi alive today is about 13 years old, and 96% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 19 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Malachi first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2006, to 2,790 babies. In 2025, 2,701 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
π Rank History
Malachi has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #134, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #134.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #134 |
| Best rank | #134 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #168 in the 2010s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Malachi alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Malachi were born in Texas than in any other state: about 5,126 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Malachi was given 2.3 times as often in District of Columbia, 2 times in Alaska and 1.9 times in South Carolina.
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