Malachai
Malachai was the 2467th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 55 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 1975th with 78 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 731 places. More babies were named Malachai in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,467 boys, down 108 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 55boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202278 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,486babies recorded
Malachai popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,467 | 55 |
| 2020 | #2,359 | 57 |
| 2010 | #2,309 | 56 |
| 2000 | #3,866 | 21 |
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How popular is Malachai, counting every spelling?
Malachai is the most common spelling of a name family that had 85 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 85 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malachai | 55 | #2,467 | 332 |
| Malakhai | 30 | #3,720 | 170 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Malachai?
55 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Malachai (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Malachai born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 152 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Malachai.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Malachai?
About 1,500 people born in the US named Malachai are alive today, with a median age of 14; half are between 6 and 21. That makes Malachai mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Malachai by state
How common Malachai was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 42 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Malachai
How popular is the name Malachai?
Malachai was the 2467th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 55 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 1975th with 78 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 731 places. More babies were named Malachai in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Malachai a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Malachai in the US.
Where is Malachai most popular?
In 2021–2025, Malachai was most common in Florida (0.04 per 1,000 boys), followed by Georgia and North Carolina.