Malak
Girl · MA-lak · Arabic
Malak is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “angel”. In 2025 it ranked 789th for girls in the UK (50 babies) and 1,540th for girls in the US (137 babies).
What does Malak mean?
Arabic
“angel”
The Arabic word for angel.
- Say it
- MA-lak
Is Malak a girl's or a boy's name?
Malak is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 50 girls in the UK and 137 girls and 17 boys in the US.
How popular is Malak in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #789among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 50about 1 in 5,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 50 girls in the UK were named Malak, making it the 789th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 665th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 74 girls.
Half of all the girls named Malak in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 778th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Malak in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | #789 |
| 2024 | 42 | #907 |
| 2023 | 37 | #1,004 |
| 2022 | 56 | #716 |
| 2021 | 40 | #945 |
| 2020 | 61 | #665 |
| 2019 | 32 | #1,129 |
| 2018 | 38 | #1,011 |
| 2017 | 46 | #897 |
| 2016 | 42 | #942 |
| 2015 | 37 | #1,040 |
| 2014 | 46 | #891 |
| 2013 | 45 | #896 |
| 2012 | 56 | #765 |
| 2011 | 53 | #764 |
| 2010 | 74 | #592 |
| 2009 | 64 | #636 |
| 2008 | 48 | #784 |
| 2007 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2006 | 29 | #1,035 |
| 2005 | 30 | #968 |
| 2004 | 31 | #932 |
| 2003 | 18 | #1,317 |
| 2002 | 18 | #1,225 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,723 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,942 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,770 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 2 | #5,038 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Malak in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,540among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 137about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 137 girls in the US were named Malak, making it the 1,540th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,494th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 210 girls. It first appears in the records in 1983. 17 boys were also named Malak in 2025 (5,397th for boys).
2025 had more girls named Malak than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Malak in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 144 girls in the US were given Malak or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,312, up from #1,540 for this spelling alone.
- Malak 137
- Malaak 7
In 2025, 89% of the babies named Malak in the US were girls.
Malak in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 137 | #1,540 |
| 2024 | 123 | #1,664 |
| 2023 | 114 | #1,780 |
| 2022 | 132 | #1,601 |
| 2021 | 111 | #1,816 |
| 2020 | 143 | #1,494 |
| 2019 | 116 | #1,763 |
| 2018 | 139 | #1,554 |
| 2017 | 187 | #1,263 |
| 2016 | 173 | #1,365 |
| 2015 | 182 | #1,307 |
| 2014 | 168 | #1,376 |
| 2013 | 169 | #1,378 |
| 2012 | 162 | #1,413 |
| 2011 | 210 | #1,164 |
| 2010 | 200 | #1,206 |
| 2009 | 191 | #1,272 |
| 2008 | 151 | #1,531 |
| 2007 | 134 | #1,655 |
| 2006 | 136 | #1,581 |
| 2005 | 125 | #1,614 |
| 2004 | 127 | #1,553 |
| 2003 | 89 | #2,018 |
| 2002 | 66 | #2,411 |
| 2001 | 72 | #2,232 |
| 2000 | 55 | #2,668 |
| 1999 | 37 | #3,371 |
| 1998 | 34 | #3,494 |
| 1997 | 43 | #2,817 |
| 1996 | 26 | #4,054 |
| 1995 | 31 | #3,487 |
| 1994 | 29 | #3,699 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,477 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
Names like Malak
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Zainab Ayah Hafsa Aaliyah Hiba Layla Ayat Maya Amira Raya Khadija
Other spellings of Malak
Names related to Malak
Malaika Malika Malka Malky Malikah Malayka Malachi Malakai Malik Malakhi Malaki Malikai Malek
More Arabic names
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