Malekai
Boy · MAL-uh-ky · Hebrew
Malekai is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my messenger”. In 2025 it ranked 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Malekai mean?
Hebrew: respelling of Malachi
“my messenger”
A respelling of Malachi, the prophet whose book is the last in the Christian Old Testament.
- Say it
- MAL-uh-ky
Is Malekai a girl's or a boy's name?
Malekai is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Malekai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,397among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Malekai, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 2022, with 27 boys. It first appears in the records in 2005.
Half of all the boys named Malekai in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 497 boys in the US were given Malekai or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #569, up from #5,397 for this spelling alone.
Malekai in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 27 | #3,992 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 19 | #4,845 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
Names like Malekai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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