# Malachi (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/malachi/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “my messenger”, “angel”, “messenger”, “ambassadors” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmæləkaɪ/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 66,048 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 65,758 / 290 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,724, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Mālāchiās, from Ancient Greek Μαλαχίας (Malakhías), from Hebrew מַלְאָכִי (mal'achi, malʼāḵî, literally “my messenger”), singular form of מַלְאָךְ (mal'akh, “angel; messenger; ambassadors”) with first-person singular personal pronoun as possessor.

## What it means

Malachi is grouped under angel.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8 | 13,025 |
| 2011 | 9 | 11,794 |
| 2012 | 9 | 11,882 |
| 2013 | 10 | 10,739 |
| 2014 | 10 | 10,644 |
| 2015 | 16 | 7,483 |
| 2016 | 9 | 11,447 |
| 2017 | 7 | 13,582 |
| 2018 | 9 | 11,111 |
| 2019 | 10 | 10,199 |
| 2020 | 5 | 16,630 |
| 2021 | 8 | 11,786 |
| 2023 | 8 | 11,804 |
| 2024 | 6 | 14,603 |
| 2025 | 9 | 10,594 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2,353 | 163 |
| 2012 | 2,329 | 167 |
| 2013 | 2,337 | 174 |
| 2014 | 2,400 | 178 |
| 2015 | 2,602 | 160 |
| 2016 | 2,634 | 154 |
| 2017 | 2,549 | 153 |
| 2018 | 2,514 | 154 |
| 2019 | 2,454 | 160 |
| 2020 | 2,402 | 156 |
| 2021 | 2,324 | 167 |
| 2022 | 2,307 | 161 |
| 2023 | 2,482 | 146 |
| 2024 | 2,424 | 149 |
| 2025 | 2,692 | 134 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 218 | 225 |
| 2012 | 221 | 233 |
| 2013 | 213 | 239 |
| 2014 | 226 | 246 |
| 2015 | 193 | 265 |
| 2016 | 194 | 271 |
| 2017 | 220 | 244 |
| 2018 | 179 | 279 |
| 2019 | 157 | 308 |
| 2020 | 145 | 318 |
| 2021 | 126 | 356 |
| 2022 | 134 | 325 |
| 2023 | 137 | 321 |
| 2024 | 154 | 290 |
| 2025 | 157 | 292 |

## In other languages

- Armenian: Մաղաքիա
- Czech: Malachiáš
- Danish: Malachis
- Dutch: Maleachi
- Estonian: Malakia
- Finnish: Malakias
- French: Malachie
- Georgian: მალაქია
- German: Malachias
- Greek: Μαλαχίας
- Hebrew: מַלְאָכִי
- Hindi: मैलकाई
- Hungarian: Malakiás
- Icelandic: Malakí
- Irish: Malaicí
- Italian: Malachia
- Japanese: マラキ
- Latin: Malachias
- Latvian: Maleahija
- Lithuanian: Malachijas

## People named Malachi

- Malachi Throne, American actor (1928-2013)
- Malachi Flynn, American basketball player (born 1998)
- Malachi Barton, American actor and singer (born 2007)
- Malachi Richardson, American basketball player (born 1996)
- Malachi Kirby, British actor
- Malachi Smith, American basketball player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.