# Malka (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/malka/  
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 | 6,505 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 6,500 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 498, 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 | 156 | 1,450 |
| 2012 | 131 | 1,644 |
| 2013 | 171 | 1,367 |
| 2014 | 177 | 1,338 |
| 2015 | 180 | 1,324 |
| 2016 | 222 | 1,141 |
| 2017 | 212 | 1,162 |
| 2018 | 186 | 1,249 |
| 2019 | 181 | 1,282 |
| 2020 | 183 | 1,244 |
| 2021 | 220 | 1,124 |
| 2022 | 227 | 1,102 |
| 2023 | 237 | 1,058 |
| 2024 | 264 | 986 |
| 2025 | 248 | 1,011 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5 | 13,490 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11 | 2,275 |
| 2012 | 17 | 1,720 |
| 2013 | 18 | 1,639 |
| 2014 | 16 | 1,798 |
| 2015 | 20 | 1,549 |
| 2016 | 20 | 1,571 |
| 2017 | 17 | 1,733 |
| 2018 | 19 | 1,586 |
| 2019 | 16 | 1,782 |
| 2020 | 13 | 2,042 |
| 2021 | 15 | 1,866 |
| 2022 | 33 | 1,023 |
| 2023 | 16 | 1,774 |
| 2024 | 20 | 1,541 |
| 2025 | 26 | 1,229 |

## 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.