boys:
533 births since 1989
#4053 (12th percentile)
overall:
533 births since 1989
#7206 (7th percentile)
The name Maalik is the #7,206 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 533 recorded births since 1989. This represents the 6.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,053 (11.6% percentile) for all time with 533 births since 1989.
Maalik first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1989 (first recorded for boys in 1989). Birth data for Maalik is available in 34 out of the 35 years between 1989 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Maalik reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 3.8% percentile (ranked #770) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 17 births per million (ranked 3.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Maalik ranks #908 for boys (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 25.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Maalik".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Maalik is pronounced as MAH-lihk, which has 2 syllables.
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