Maalik
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MA-lik
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,202 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Maalik is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “king”. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies) and 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Maalik mean?
Arabic: spelling of Malik
“king”
Arabic for king; al-Malik, the Sovereign, is one of the names of God in Islam.
Meaning borrowed from Malik. More on Wiktionary.
Is Maalik a girl's or a boy's name?
Maalik is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK and 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maalik in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,202among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 130% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Maalik, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd.
2025 had the most boys named Maalik of any year since it first appeared, in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Maalik in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 202 boys in the UK were given Maalik or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #267, up from #2,202 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,130th in England and Wales.
Maalik in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,202 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
How popular is Maalik in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Maalik, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1995, with 35 boys. It first appears in the records in 1989.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more boys named Maalik than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Maalik in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 895 boys in the US were given Maalik or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #376, up from #7,190 for this spelling alone.
Maalik in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,427 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 22 | #4,057 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,124 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 19 | #4,182 |
| 2001 | 20 | #3,968 |
| 2000 | 27 | #3,144 |
| 1999 | 22 | #3,475 |
| 1998 | 23 | #3,292 |
| 1997 | 26 | #2,899 |
| 1996 | 30 | #2,530 |
| 1995 | 35 | #2,248 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
Names like Maalik
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Musa Hamza Mustafa Ahmed Abdullah Umar Zayd Amir Musab Khalid Zayan
Other spellings of Maalik
Names related to Maalik
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Maalik: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maalik, updated 20 October 2026.