Maleek
Maleek was the 3420th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 34 babies. Its best year was 1997, when it ranked 1280th with 90 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 831 places. More babies were named Maleek in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,420 boys, down 778 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 34boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 199790 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,086babies recorded
Maleek popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,420 | 34 |
| 2020 | #2,642 | 48 |
| 2010 | #2,423 | 52 |
| 2000 | #1,579 | 75 |
| 1990 | #4,112 | 14 |
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How popular is Maleek, counting every spelling?
Maleek is a spelling of Malek, a name family that ranked #1,203 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #3,420 for Maleek on its own. Together these spellings went to 155 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malek | 121 | #1,472 | 636 |
| Maleek | 34 | #3,420 | 243 |
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 Maleek?
34 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Maleek (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Maleek 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 247 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Maleek.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Maleek?
About 2,100 people born in the US named Maleek are alive today, with a median age of 19; half are between 11 and 27. That makes Maleek 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.
Maleek by state
How common Maleek was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 46 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 Maleek
How popular is the name Maleek?
Maleek was the 3420th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 34 babies. Its best year was 1997, when it ranked 1280th with 90 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 831 places. More babies were named Maleek in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Maleek a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Maleek in the US.
Where is Maleek most popular?
In 2021–2025, Maleek was most common in Ohio (0.04 per 1,000 boys), followed by New York and Florida.