How Many People Are Named Malak?
people named Malak are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 82,377 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,183 babies named Malak in Social Security records from 1983 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
210 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "angel" in Arabic.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Malak, 93.1% were girls and 6.9% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1990s: 92.7% of the babies were girls then and 89.5% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Malak alive today is about 13 years old, and 96% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 18 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Malak first appears in the records in 1983 and was given most often in 2011, to 210 babies. In 2025, 154 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1983 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Malak has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,169, in 2011. In 2025 it ranked #1,544.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,544 |
| Best rank | #1,169 (2011) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,375 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Malak alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Malak were born in Michigan than in any other state: about 482 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Malak was given 6.2 times as often in Michigan, 2.6 times in New York and 2.4 times in New Jersey.
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