girls:
3.6k births since 1983
#2867 (50th percentile)
boys:
254 births since 1995
#4332 (5th percentile)
overall:
3.9k births since 1983
#4411 (43rd percentile)
The name Malak is the #4,411 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,887 recorded births since 1983. This represents the 43.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 43.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,867 (49.8% percentile) for all time with 3,633 births since 1983. For boys, it ranks #4,332 (5.5% percentile) for all time with 254 births since 1995.
Malak first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1983 (1983 for girls and 1995 for boys). Birth data for Malak is available in 39 out of the 41 years between 1983 and 2023 (39 years for girls and 25 years for boys). 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.
The name Malak has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 93.5% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 89.1% of babies named Malak were girls.
For girls, Malak reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 21.8% percentile (ranked #735) with 108 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 108 births per million (ranked 21.8% percentile). Despite a low point in 2016, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Malak ranks #838 for girls (11.5% percentile) with 65 births per million, which is 60.1% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Malak reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #898) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Malak ranks #902 for boys (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 72.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Malak".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Malak. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 27.3% confident that Malak is pronounced as MAH-lak, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is muh-LUHK, at 25.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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