Malaquias
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ma-la-KEE-as
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Malaquias is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my messenger”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Malaquias mean?
Hebrew: Spanish and Portuguese form of Malachi
“my messenger”
Malachi is the last book of the Old Testament in Christian Bibles, attributed to a prophet of that name.
Is Malaquias a girl's or a boy's name?
Malaquias is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Malaquias in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Malaquias, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Malaquias in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Malaquias in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
Names like Malaquias
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Thiago, Azariah, Aziel, Musa, Messiah, Ares, Azriel, Asaiah, Mathias, Maximus, Jaziel, Ozias
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from 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, “Malaquias: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/malaquias, updated 20 October 2026.