girls:
6 births since 2011
#5710 (0th percentile)
boys:
2.8k births since 1974
#2363 (48th percentile)
overall:
2.8k births since 1974
#5069 (34th percentile)
The name Malek is the #5,069 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,843 recorded births since 1974. This represents the 34.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 34.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,363 (48.4% percentile) for all time with 2,837 births since 1974. For girls, it ranks #5,710 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 2011.
Malek first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1974 (1974 for boys and 2011 for girls). Birth data for Malek is available in 48 out of the 50 years between 1974 and 2023 (48 years for boys and 1 years for girls). 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 Malek has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.8% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Malek reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 16.0% percentile (ranked #765) with 82 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 82 births per million (ranked 16.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Malek is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #765 (16.0% percentile) with 82 births per million.
For girls, Malek reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #939) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2011.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Malek".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Malek. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 47.7% confident that Malek is pronounced as MAH-lehk, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is muh-LEHK, at 22.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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