Malakhai
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MAL-a-ky
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,657 for boys
Malakhai is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my messenger”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 3,657th for boys in the US (30 babies).
What does Malakhai mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Malakai, itself a spelling of Malachi, used in Tonga and Fiji
“my messenger”
Pacific spelling of Malachi, the Hebrew prophet, common in Tonga and Fiji.
Meaning borrowed from Malakai. More on Wiktionary.
Is Malakhai a girl's or a boy's name?
Malakhai is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 30 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Malakhai in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 500% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Malakhai, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2023, with 6 boys.
In 2025, 337 boys in the UK were given Malakhai or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #185, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Malakhai in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
How popular is Malakhai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,657th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 30 about 1 in 57,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 30 boys in the US were named Malakhai, making it the 3,657th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 42 boys. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the boys named Malakhai in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 4,402 boys in the US were given Malakhai or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #86, up from #3,657 for this spelling alone.
Malakhai in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #3,657 |
| 2024 | 27 | #3,984 |
| 2023 | 42 | #2,951 |
| 2022 | 32 | #3,531 |
| 2021 | 39 | #3,073 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 35 | #3,256 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 19 | #4,888 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
Names like Malakhai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Muhammad, Ibrahim, Zakariya, Mustafa, Kai, Koa, Eesa, Abdullah, Hamza, Ayyub, Zayan
Other spellings of Malakhai
Names related to Malakhai
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, “Malakhai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/malakhai, updated 20 October 2026.