# Malak (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/malak/  
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 | 4,183 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 289 / 3,894 (93% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,008, 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 | 210 | 1,169 |
| 2012 | 162 | 1,414 |
| 2013 | 169 | 1,378 |
| 2014 | 168 | 1,380 |
| 2015 | 182 | 1,310 |
| 2016 | 173 | 1,367 |
| 2017 | 187 | 1,264 |
| 2018 | 139 | 1,563 |
| 2019 | 116 | 1,766 |
| 2020 | 143 | 1,498 |
| 2021 | 111 | 1,825 |
| 2022 | 132 | 1,608 |
| 2023 | 114 | 1,787 |
| 2024 | 123 | 1,672 |
| 2025 | 137 | 1,544 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 9 | 8,542 |
| 2012 | 12 | 6,881 |
| 2013 | 11 | 7,358 |
| 2014 | 16 | 5,624 |
| 2015 | 12 | 6,933 |
| 2016 | 13 | 6,578 |
| 2017 | 21 | 4,682 |
| 2018 | 12 | 6,974 |
| 2019 | 8 | 9,423 |
| 2020 | 16 | 5,603 |
| 2021 | 12 | 6,951 |
| 2022 | 12 | 7,082 |
| 2023 | 14 | 6,390 |
| 2024 | 18 | 5,363 |
| 2025 | 17 | 5,523 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 51 | 744 |
| 2012 | 54 | 738 |
| 2013 | 43 | 865 |
| 2014 | 44 | 859 |
| 2015 | 34 | 1,033 |
| 2016 | 40 | 916 |
| 2017 | 44 | 870 |
| 2018 | 37 | 972 |
| 2019 | 30 | 1,119 |
| 2020 | 54 | 683 |
| 2021 | 39 | 901 |
| 2022 | 51 | 718 |
| 2023 | 35 | 981 |
| 2024 | 42 | 869 |
| 2025 | 47 | 778 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## People named Malak

- Malak Hifni Nasif, Egyptian Feminist (1886–1918)
- Malak al-Kashif, Egyptian LGBT rights activist

## 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.