Malcom
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MAL-kum
- Origin
- Scottish
- US rank, 2025
- #1,771 for boys
Malcom is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “devotee of St Columba”. In 2025 it ranked 1,771st for boys in the US (91 babies).
What does Malcom mean?
Scottish: spelling of Malcolm, from Gaelic Mael Coluim
“devotee of St Columba”
A spelling of Malcolm, from Gaelic Mael Coluim, devotee of Saint Columba; four kings of Scots bore the name.
Is Malcom a girl's or a boy's name?
Malcom is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 91 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Malcom in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,771st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 91 about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 91 boys in the US were named Malcom, making it the 1,771st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,833rd. Its busiest year was 1992, with 186 boys.
Half of all the boys named Malcom in the US since 1880 were born between 1951 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,348 boys in the US were given Malcom or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #277, up from #1,771 for this spelling alone.
- Malcolm 1,257
- Malcom 91
Malcom in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 91 | #1,771 |
| 2024 | 95 | #1,735 |
| 2023 | 90 | #1,787 |
| 2022 | 83 | #1,891 |
| 2021 | 74 | #1,999 |
| 2020 | 81 | #1,833 |
| 2019 | 80 | #1,868 |
| 2018 | 48 | #2,616 |
| 2017 | 39 | #3,005 |
| 2016 | 39 | #2,992 |
| 2015 | 49 | #2,527 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,888 |
| 2013 | 40 | #2,846 |
| 2012 | 44 | #2,715 |
| 2011 | 49 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 45 | #2,681 |
| 2009 | 30 | #3,549 |
| 2008 | 58 | #2,264 |
| 2007 | 63 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 59 | #2,175 |
| 2005 | 47 | #2,429 |
| 2004 | 61 | #1,970 |
| 2003 | 50 | #2,176 |
| 2002 | 65 | #1,769 |
| 2001 | 62 | #1,796 |
| 2000 | 59 | #1,811 |
| 1999 | 80 | #1,446 |
| 1998 | 78 | #1,446 |
| 1997 | 101 | #1,179 |
| 1996 | 89 | #1,244 |
| 1995 | 82 | #1,295 |
| 1994 | 114 | #1,037 |
| 1993 | 124 | #962 |
| 1992 | 186 | #763 |
| 1991 | 139 | #889 |
| 1990 | 137 | #874 |
| 1989 | 107 | #982 |
| 1988 | 81 | #1,106 |
| 1987 | 66 | #1,187 |
| 1986 | 70 | #1,126 |
| 1985 | 34 | #1,763 |
| 1984 | 34 | #1,689 |
| 1983 | 18 | #2,576 |
| 1982 | 28 | #1,928 |
| 1981 | 31 | #1,810 |
| 1980 | 23 | #2,213 |
| 1979 | 33 | #1,711 |
| 1978 | 39 | #1,487 |
| 1977 | 31 | #1,707 |
| 1976 | 32 | #1,645 |
| 1975 | 28 | #1,752 |
| 1974 | 42 | #1,311 |
| 1973 | 29 | #1,612 |
| 1972 | 43 | #1,262 |
| 1971 | 34 | #1,466 |
| 1970 | 37 | #1,373 |
| 1969 | 31 | #1,440 |
| 1968 | 27 | #1,505 |
| 1967 | 30 | #1,387 |
| 1966 | 49 | #1,043 |
| 1965 | 69 | #881 |
| 1964 | 44 | #1,160 |
| 1963 | 51 | #1,068 |
| 1962 | 47 | #1,120 |
| 1961 | 47 | #1,147 |
| 1960 | 54 | #1,044 |
| 1959 | 55 | #1,033 |
| 1958 | 64 | #949 |
| 1957 | 63 | #956 |
| 1956 | 64 | #933 |
| 1955 | 57 | #994 |
| 1954 | 53 | #1,028 |
| 1953 | 48 | #1,045 |
| 1952 | 42 | #1,135 |
| 1951 | 41 | #1,122 |
| 1950 | 42 | #1,085 |
| 1949 | 37 | #1,162 |
| 1948 | 29 | #1,345 |
| 1947 | 20 | #1,695 |
| 1946 | 29 | #1,298 |
| 1945 | 31 | #1,179 |
| 1944 | 20 | #1,524 |
| 1943 | 35 | #1,155 |
| 1942 | 27 | #1,334 |
| 1941 | 35 | #1,108 |
| 1940 | 35 | #1,107 |
| 1939 | 31 | #1,168 |
| 1938 | 37 | #1,062 |
| 1937 | 24 | #1,372 |
| 1936 | 28 | #1,243 |
| 1935 | 32 | #1,165 |
| 1934 | 23 | #1,425 |
| 1933 | 43 | #961 |
| 1932 | 33 | #1,175 |
| 1931 | 41 | #1,050 |
| 1930 | 40 | #1,093 |
| 1929 | 40 | #1,094 |
| 1928 | 53 | #927 |
| 1927 | 45 | #1,041 |
| 1926 | 42 | #1,092 |
| 1925 | 43 | #1,053 |
| 1924 | 44 | #1,071 |
| 1923 | 30 | #1,322 |
| 1922 | 42 | #1,084 |
| 1921 | 43 | #1,069 |
| 1920 | 48 | #987 |
| 1919 | 29 | #1,321 |
| 1918 | 32 | #1,231 |
| 1917 | 34 | #1,152 |
| 1916 | 30 | #1,206 |
| 1915 | 28 | #1,241 |
| 1914 | 21 | #1,300 |
| 1913 | 21 | #1,112 |
| 1912 | 24 | #918 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,116 |
| 1910 | 13 | #859 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,020 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,112 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,344 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,090 |
| 1904 | 8 | #874 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 7 | #884 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,056 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,100 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 8 | #786 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 5 | #935 |
| 1884 | 6 | #848 |
| 1883 | 6 | #798 |
| 1882 | 5 | #942 |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 5 | #909 |
Nicknames for Malcom
- Mal
Names like Malcom
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maxwell, Marcel, Miguel, Dallas, Manuel, Marco, Matthew, Marcus, Mario, Mason, Luis, Jesus
Other spellings of Malcom
More Scottish names
Isla, Finley, Logan, Arabella, Cameron, Bonnie, Paisley, Brody, Carson, Brodie, Finlay, Blair, Lennox, Skye, Knox, Lochlan
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, “Malcom: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/malcom, updated 20 October 2026.