Malka
Malka was the 1011th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 248 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 986th with 264 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 313 places. More babies were named Malka in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,011 girls, up 233 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 248girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2024264 babies
- Total since 1880
- 6,505babies recorded
Malka popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 5 since 2012.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,011 | 248 |
| 2020 | #1,244 | 183 |
| 2010 | #1,580 | 139 |
| 2000 | #1,583 | 112 |
| 1990 | #1,840 | 78 |
| 1980 | #2,113 | 49 |
| 1970 | #2,746 | 26 |
| 1960 | #2,344 | 26 |
| 1950 | #3,349 | 11 |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Malka, counting every spelling?
Malka is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #972 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,011 for Malka on its own. Together these spellings went to 248 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malka | 248 | #1,011 | 1,196 |
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 Malka?
248 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Malka (0.07 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Malka 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 34 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Malka.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Malka?
About 6,400 people born in the US named Malka are alive today, with a median age of 17; half are between 8 and 30. That makes Malka 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.
Malka by state
How common Malka was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New Jersey (16.7×), New York (10.8×). In 47 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Malka: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Malka, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Malka
How popular is the name Malka?
Malka was the 1011th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 248 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 986th with 264 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 313 places. More babies were named Malka in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Malka a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Malka in the US.
Where is Malka most popular?
In 2021–2025, Malka was most common in New Jersey (2.46 per 1,000 girls), followed by New York and Maryland.