How Many People Are Named Malcom?
people named Malcom are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 79,688 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,864 babies named Malcom in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
๐๐ Very Rare
Peak Year
186 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of MALCOLM.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Malcom in English. Counting Malcom and these spellings together, about 52,206 people alive in the US have the name.
โง Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Malcom in the records were boys.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Malcom alive today is about 34 years old, and 43% are under 30. Half of them were between 18 and 50 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Malcom first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1992, to 186 babies. In 2025, 91 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
๐ Rank History
Malcom has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #765, in 1992. In 2025 it ranked #1,775.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,775 |
| Best rank | #765 (1992) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,069 in the 1990s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Malcom alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Malcom were born in Texas than in any other state: about 312 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Malcom was given 3.7 times as often in Alabama, 3.5 times in Georgia and 2.7 times in Texas.
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