Maliek
Boy · muh-LEEK · Arabic
Maliek is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “king”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Maliek mean?
Arabic: variant spelling of Malik
“king”
Malik means king, and al-Malik is one of the names of God in Islam.
- Say it
- muh-LEEK
Is Maliek a girl's or a boy's name?
Maliek is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maliek in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Maliek, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 1997, with 74 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the boys named Maliek in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 54 boys in the US were given Maliek or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,106, up from #8,239 for this spelling alone.
Maliek in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 30 | #3,495 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 30 | #3,509 |
| 2010 | 55 | #2,323 |
| 2009 | 46 | #2,662 |
| 2008 | 36 | #3,163 |
| 2007 | 35 | #3,186 |
| 2006 | 40 | #2,831 |
| 2005 | 35 | #2,956 |
| 2004 | 35 | #2,883 |
| 2003 | 42 | #2,466 |
| 2002 | 33 | #2,813 |
| 2001 | 41 | #2,382 |
| 2000 | 28 | #3,069 |
| 1999 | 44 | #2,137 |
| 1998 | 53 | #1,846 |
| 1997 | 74 | #1,453 |
| 1996 | 61 | #1,596 |
| 1995 | 48 | #1,796 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 20 | #3,240 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 16 | #3,601 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
Names like Maliek
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Maliek
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