How Many People Are Named Malachy?
people named Malachy are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 550,378 people in the US has this name
Based on 690 babies named Malachy in Social Security records from 1897 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
35 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Anglicized form of MÁEL SECHNAILL or MÁEL MÁEDÓC, influenced by the spelling of MALACHI. Saint Malachy (in Irish, Máel Máedóc) was a 12th-century archbishop of Armagh renowned for his miracles.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Malachy in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Malachy alive today is about 19 years old, and 87% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 24 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Malachy first appears in the records in 1897 and was given most often in 2002, to 35 babies. In 2025, 9 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1897 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Malachy has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,168, in 1897. In 2025 it ranked #8,661.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #8,661 |
| Best rank | #1,168 (1897) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,824 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Malachy alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Malachy were born in New York than in any other state: about 42 of those alive today.
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