The first name Malika

In 2025, 27 girls were named Malika, making it the 1,197th most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 2007, with 62 births (#578).

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Malika with other names.

In 2025, 64 girls born in the United States were named Malika, the 2,711th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1996, when 183 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• Malika Mokeddem
  Algerian writer, born 1949
• Malika Domrane
  Algerian singer, born 1956
• Malika Louback
  Djiboutian fashion model, born 1995
• Malika Belbey
  Algerian actress, born 1974
• Malika Sorel
  French essayist, born 1962
• Malika Gaïd
  Algerian nurse and independence fighter, 1933–1958
• Lalla Malika Issoufou
  First Lady of Niger, born 1975
• Malika Benarab-Attou
  French politician, born 1963
• Aylín Mújica
  Cuban actress singer, born 1974

• Layla
• Aaliyah
• Lyla
• Maryam
• Fatima
• Aisha
• Leila
• Laila
• Amira
• Zahra
• Amina
• Lila
• Aliyah
• Khadija
• Yasmin
• Ayesha

All 218 names of Arabic origin

What does the name Malika mean?

Malika means “queen” in Arabic.

What is the origin of the name Malika?

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

How popular is the name Malika?

In 2025, 27 girls born in England and Wales were named Malika, ranking 1,197th. Its peak was 2007, with 62 births.

Is Malika a boy's or a girl's name?

Mostly a girl's name: 99% of the 5,003 US babies named Malika since 1880 were girls.

When was Malika most popular?

1996 in the United States, when 183 babies were named Malika, its highest rank at 1,026th.