Maleek
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ma-LEEK
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,473 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,378 for boys
Maleek is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “king”. In 2025 it ranked 1,473rd for boys in the UK (19 babies) and 3,378th for boys in the US (34 babies).
What does Maleek mean?
Arabic: spelling of Malik
“king”
Spelling of Malik, Arabic for king.
Is Maleek a girl's or a boy's name?
Maleek is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 boys in the UK and 34 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maleek in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,473rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19 about 1 in 16,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the UK were named Maleek, making it the 1,473rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,078th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 34 boys.
Half of all the boys named Maleek in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 25 boys in the UK were given Maleek or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,076, up from #1,473 for this spelling alone.
- Maleek 19
- Malique 6
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,405th in England and Wales.
Maleek in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #1,473 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,664 |
| 2023 | 25 | #1,214 |
| 2022 | 17 | #1,561 |
| 2021 | 24 | #1,227 |
| 2020 | 28 | #1,078 |
| 2019 | 34 | #951 |
| 2018 | 18 | #1,486 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,174 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 12 | #1,990 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
How popular is Maleek in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,378th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 34 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 34 boys in the US were named Maleek, making it the 3,378th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,616th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 90 boys. It first appears in the records in 1974.
2025 had fewer boys named Maleek than any year since 1992.
Half of all the boys named Maleek in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 54 boys in the US were given Maleek or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,106, up from #3,378 for this spelling alone.
Maleek in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #3,378 |
| 2024 | 38 | #3,159 |
| 2023 | 57 | #2,386 |
| 2022 | 50 | #2,647 |
| 2021 | 64 | #2,192 |
| 2020 | 48 | #2,616 |
| 2019 | 49 | #2,625 |
| 2018 | 44 | #2,747 |
| 2017 | 61 | #2,185 |
| 2016 | 39 | #2,992 |
| 2015 | 48 | #2,564 |
| 2014 | 49 | #2,514 |
| 2013 | 70 | #1,963 |
| 2012 | 66 | #2,065 |
| 2011 | 72 | #1,926 |
| 2010 | 52 | #2,401 |
| 2009 | 72 | #1,958 |
| 2008 | 74 | #1,932 |
| 2007 | 70 | #1,995 |
| 2006 | 77 | #1,790 |
| 2005 | 66 | #1,918 |
| 2004 | 56 | #2,098 |
| 2003 | 61 | #1,903 |
| 2002 | 54 | #2,015 |
| 2001 | 72 | #1,625 |
| 2000 | 75 | #1,569 |
| 1999 | 76 | #1,486 |
| 1998 | 65 | #1,602 |
| 1997 | 90 | #1,271 |
| 1996 | 82 | #1,319 |
| 1995 | 73 | #1,375 |
| 1994 | 43 | #1,922 |
| 1993 | 39 | #2,045 |
| 1992 | 29 | #2,462 |
| 1991 | 18 | #3,319 |
| 1990 | 14 | #3,965 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
Names like Maleek
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Musa, Mustafa, Hamza, Yahya, Ahmed, Malik, Abdullah, Amir, Umar, Zayd, Rayyan
Other spellings of Maleek
Names related to Maleek
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa, Liyana
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, “Maleek: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maleek, updated 20 October 2026.