# Malaika (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/malaika/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,662 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,662 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,297, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 62 | 2,824 |
| 2012 | 49 | 3,347 |
| 2013 | 53 | 3,108 |
| 2014 | 58 | 2,963 |
| 2015 | 63 | 2,798 |
| 2016 | 57 | 2,953 |
| 2017 | 69 | 2,563 |
| 2018 | 66 | 2,636 |
| 2019 | 52 | 3,120 |
| 2020 | 62 | 2,702 |
| 2021 | 75 | 2,406 |
| 2022 | 67 | 2,623 |
| 2023 | 72 | 2,483 |
| 2024 | 86 | 2,210 |
| 2025 | 78 | 2,344 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 115 | 398 |
| 2012 | 110 | 414 |
| 2013 | 94 | 445 |
| 2014 | 97 | 448 |
| 2015 | 79 | 549 |
| 2016 | 71 | 594 |
| 2017 | 58 | 701 |
| 2018 | 58 | 689 |
| 2019 | 46 | 806 |
| 2020 | 59 | 637 |
| 2021 | 55 | 688 |
| 2022 | 42 | 839 |
| 2023 | 44 | 813 |
| 2024 | 46 | 811 |
| 2025 | 35 | 983 |

## People named Malaika

- Malaika Mihambo, German athletics competitor

## 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.