# Malachy (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/malachy/  
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 | Irish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmæləki/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Malachi |
| US babies named this | 690 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 690 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,099, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Irish Maolmhaodhóg and Maolseachnaill/Maolseachlainn, influenced by the etymologically unrelated name Malachi, which is of Hebrew origin.

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 5,853 |
| 2012 | 11 | 7,367 |
| 2013 | 19 | 4,906 |
| 2014 | 19 | 4,994 |
| 2015 | 14 | 6,184 |
| 2016 | 24 | 4,271 |
| 2017 | 18 | 5,225 |
| 2018 | 11 | 7,440 |
| 2019 | 16 | 5,712 |
| 2020 | 20 | 4,803 |
| 2021 | 16 | 5,693 |
| 2022 | 18 | 5,347 |
| 2023 | 18 | 5,392 |
| 2024 | 15 | 6,079 |
| 2025 | 9 | 8,665 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 65 | 537 |
| 2012 | 64 | 566 |
| 2013 | 45 | 720 |
| 2014 | 47 | 695 |
| 2015 | 43 | 753 |
| 2016 | 41 | 790 |
| 2017 | 26 | 1,097 |
| 2018 | 27 | 1,040 |
| 2019 | 24 | 1,113 |
| 2020 | 24 | 1,111 |
| 2021 | 21 | 1,250 |
| 2022 | 21 | 1,268 |
| 2023 | 16 | 1,533 |
| 2024 | 25 | 1,132 |
| 2025 | 20 | 1,359 |

## 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.