Malakhi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MAL-uh-ky
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #1,436 for boys
Malakhi is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my messenger”. In 2025 it ranked 1,436th for boys in the US (125 babies).
What does Malakhi mean?
Hebrew: transliteration of Hebrew Malakhi
“my messenger”
A closer transliteration of the Hebrew form of Malachi, the last of the twelve minor prophets.
Is Malakhi a girl's or a boy's name?
Malakhi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 125 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Malakhi in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2020, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Malakhi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Malakhi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
How popular is Malakhi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,436among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 125about 1 in 14,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 125 boys in the US were named Malakhi, making it the 1,436th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,039th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 238 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999.
2025 had fewer boys named Malakhi than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Malakhi in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 497 boys in the US were given Malakhi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #569, up from #1,436 for this spelling alone.
Malakhi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 125 | #1,436 |
| 2024 | 149 | #1,308 |
| 2023 | 183 | #1,144 |
| 2022 | 183 | #1,143 |
| 2021 | 171 | #1,161 |
| 2020 | 195 | #1,039 |
| 2019 | 238 | #919 |
| 2018 | 164 | #1,168 |
| 2017 | 173 | #1,114 |
| 2016 | 180 | #1,090 |
| 2015 | 132 | #1,334 |
| 2014 | 108 | #1,492 |
| 2013 | 114 | #1,444 |
| 2012 | 78 | #1,862 |
| 2011 | 113 | #1,448 |
| 2010 | 92 | #1,677 |
| 2009 | 129 | #1,341 |
| 2008 | 95 | #1,633 |
| 2007 | 94 | #1,638 |
| 2006 | 73 | #1,855 |
| 2005 | 80 | #1,671 |
| 2004 | 57 | #2,071 |
| 2003 | 46 | #2,308 |
| 2002 | 38 | #2,552 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
Nicknames for Malakhi
- Kai 816 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Malakhi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Muhammad Ibrahim Bodhi Zakariya Ayaan Yahya Mustafa Avi Kai Eesa Abdullah
Other spellings of Malakhi
Names related to Malakhi
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, “Malakhi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/malakhi, updated 20 October 2026.