# Malek (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/malek/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,092 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,086 / 6 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 333, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Czech Málek, Polish Małek, Slovene Malek, or a variant of the Muslim name Malik.

## 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 | 6 | 16,066 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 81 | 1,790 |
| 2012 | 97 | 1,612 |
| 2013 | 83 | 1,759 |
| 2014 | 96 | 1,622 |
| 2015 | 72 | 2,011 |
| 2016 | 95 | 1,670 |
| 2017 | 93 | 1,702 |
| 2018 | 100 | 1,636 |
| 2019 | 130 | 1,377 |
| 2020 | 125 | 1,393 |
| 2021 | 118 | 1,511 |
| 2022 | 118 | 1,529 |
| 2023 | 151 | 1,278 |
| 2024 | 128 | 1,430 |
| 2025 | 121 | 1,472 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 5 | 3,382 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2011 | 7 | 3,185 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 1,788 |
| 2012 | 11 | 1,962 |
| 2013 | 13 | 1,706 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2,690 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2,707 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,804 |
| 2017 | 12 | 1,923 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2019 | 21 | 1,217 |
| 2020 | 21 | 1,230 |
| 2021 | 32 | 939 |
| 2022 | 23 | 1,179 |
| 2023 | 16 | 1,533 |
| 2024 | 17 | 1,517 |
| 2025 | 26 | 1,124 |

## People named Malek

- Malek Bennabi, Algerian philosopher (1905–1973)
- Malek Jandali, Award-winning composer & pianist
- Malek Ashraf, Chupanid ruler
- Malek Haddad, Algerian writer (1927–1978)
- Malek Bensmaïl, Algerian film director
- Malek Alloula, Algierian writer (1937-2015)
- Malek Chebel, Algerian writer and anthropologist (1953–2016)

## 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.