# Malika (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/malika/  
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 | Arabic |
| Meaning | “queen” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,003 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 36 / 4,967 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,075, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَلِكَة (malika, “queen”).

## What it means

Malika is grouped under queen.

## 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 | 2,825 |
| 2012 | 81 | 2,330 |
| 2013 | 61 | 2,829 |
| 2014 | 80 | 2,318 |
| 2015 | 54 | 3,113 |
| 2016 | 86 | 2,240 |
| 2017 | 84 | 2,250 |
| 2018 | 80 | 2,290 |
| 2019 | 89 | 2,124 |
| 2020 | 88 | 2,091 |
| 2021 | 78 | 2,337 |
| 2022 | 82 | 2,290 |
| 2023 | 88 | 2,167 |
| 2024 | 59 | 2,844 |
| 2025 | 64 | 2,711 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 5 | 6,877 |
| 1995 | 5 | 9,756 |
| 1997 | 7 | 7,806 |
| 1998 | 8 | 7,285 |
| 2000 | 5 | 11,507 |
| 2001 | 6 | 10,065 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 35 | 989 |
| 2012 | 34 | 1,037 |
| 2013 | 47 | 813 |
| 2014 | 34 | 1,040 |
| 2015 | 33 | 1,057 |
| 2016 | 35 | 1,013 |
| 2017 | 36 | 1,002 |
| 2018 | 35 | 1,013 |
| 2019 | 33 | 1,039 |
| 2020 | 31 | 1,065 |
| 2021 | 42 | 840 |
| 2022 | 35 | 982 |
| 2023 | 38 | 921 |
| 2024 | 21 | 1,491 |
| 2025 | 27 | 1,197 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: مَلِكَة
- Hindi: मलिका, मल्लिका
- Turkish: Melike

## People named Malika

- Malika Mokeddem, Algerian writer
- Malika Domrane, Algerian singer
- Malika Louback, Djiboutian fashion model
- Malika Belbey, Algerian actress
- Malika Sorel, French essayist
- Malika Gaïd, Algerian nurse and independence fighter
- Lalla Malika Issoufou, First Lady of Niger
- Malika Benarab-Attou, French politician
- Aylín Mújica, Cuban actress singer

## 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.