boys:
46 births since 2008
#4540 (1st percentile)
overall:
46 births since 2008
#7693 (1st percentile)
The name Malakii is the #7,693 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 46 recorded births since 2008. This represents the 0.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,540 (0.9% percentile) for all time with 46 births since 2008.
Malakii first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2008 (first recorded for boys in 2008). Birth data for Malakii is available in 5 out of the 6 years between 2008 and 2013. 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, Malakii reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #874) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2013.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Malakii".
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Our model has identified 21 different pronunciations for the name Malakii. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 20.0% confident that Malakii is pronounced as muh-LAH-kee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is mah-lah-KEE, at 10.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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