Malakai
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MAL-a-ky
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #360 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #213 for boys
Malakai is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my messenger”. In 2025 it ranked 360th for boys in the UK (131 babies) and 213th for boys in the US (1,657 babies).
What does Malakai mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Malachi, used in Tonga and Fiji
“my messenger”
Pacific spelling of Malachi, the Hebrew prophet, common in Tonga and Fiji.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Malakai a girl's or a boy's name?
Malakai is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 131 boys in the UK and 1,657 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Malakai in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 360th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 131 about 1 in 2,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 131 boys in the UK were named Malakai, making it the 360th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 485th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 132 boys.
Half of all the boys named Malakai in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 337 boys in the UK were given Malakai or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #185, up from #360 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 357th in England and Wales and 278th in Scotland.
Malakai in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 131 | #360 |
| 2024 | 132 | #368 |
| 2023 | 127 | #372 |
| 2022 | 119 | #395 |
| 2021 | 112 | #426 |
| 2020 | 89 | #485 |
| 2019 | 83 | #527 |
| 2018 | 102 | #451 |
| 2017 | 117 | #416 |
| 2016 | 89 | #506 |
| 2015 | 82 | #530 |
| 2014 | 92 | #488 |
| 2013 | 111 | #420 |
| 2012 | 112 | #411 |
| 2011 | 78 | #510 |
| 2010 | 104 | #416 |
| 2009 | 104 | #413 |
| 2008 | 91 | #454 |
| 2007 | 58 | #587 |
| 2006 | 72 | #488 |
| 2005 | 46 | #632 |
| 2004 | 46 | #607 |
| 2003 | 41 | #611 |
| 2002 | 25 | #821 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,547 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
How popular is Malakai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 213th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,657 about 1 in 1,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.3% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 1,657 boys in the US were named Malakai, making it the 213th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 285th. It first appears in the records in 1988.
2025 had the most boys named Malakai of any year since it first appeared, in 1988.
Half of all the boys named Malakai in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 4,402 boys in the US were given Malakai or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #86, up from #213 for this spelling alone.
Malakai in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,657 | #213 |
| 2024 | 1,545 | #232 |
| 2023 | 1,576 | #226 |
| 2022 | 1,527 | #231 |
| 2021 | 1,392 | #255 |
| 2020 | 1,187 | #285 |
| 2019 | 1,078 | #312 |
| 2018 | 839 | #383 |
| 2017 | 815 | #390 |
| 2016 | 732 | #426 |
| 2015 | 600 | #491 |
| 2014 | 545 | #511 |
| 2013 | 470 | #562 |
| 2012 | 454 | #568 |
| 2011 | 384 | #620 |
| 2010 | 443 | #574 |
| 2009 | 398 | #629 |
| 2008 | 395 | #624 |
| 2007 | 323 | #714 |
| 2006 | 296 | #728 |
| 2005 | 282 | #720 |
| 2004 | 236 | #767 |
| 2003 | 191 | #883 |
| 2002 | 180 | #897 |
| 2001 | 111 | #1,206 |
| 2000 | 31 | #2,858 |
| 1999 | 24 | #3,275 |
| 1998 | 30 | #2,708 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 19 | #3,543 |
| 1995 | 20 | #3,298 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
Names like Malakai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kai, Koa, Musa, Muhammad, Ibrahim, Zakariya, Matteo, Ozzy, Mustafa, Yusuf, Ismail, Makai
Other spellings of Malakai
Names related to Malakai
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Malakai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/malakai, updated 20 October 2026.