Malick
Boy · MA-lik · Arabic
Malick is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “king”. In 2025 it ranked 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).
What does Malick mean?
Arabic: spelling of Malik
“king”
Arabic for king; al-Malik, the Sovereign, is one of the names of God in Islam.
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- MA-lik
Meaning borrowed from Malik. More on Wiktionary.
Is Malick a girl's or a boy's name?
Malick is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Malick in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Malick in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Malick in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 2 | #6,210 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 10 | #1,845 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Malick in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,538among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 78,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Malick, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 32 boys. It first appears in the records in 1991.
2025 had more boys named Malick than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Malick in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 895 boys in the US were given Malick or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #376, up from #4,538 for this spelling alone.
Malick in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,538 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 23 | #4,333 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,389 |
| 2013 | 26 | #3,862 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,516 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 23 | #4,241 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,219 |
| 2005 | 28 | #3,443 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,855 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,421 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,496 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 21 | #3,482 |
| 1997 | 32 | #2,498 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
Names like Malick
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Malick
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