Malik
Boy · MA-lik · Arabic
Malik is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “king”. In 2025 it ranked 307th for boys in the UK (165 babies) and 437th for boys in the US (724 babies).
What does Malik mean?
Arabic
“king”
Arabic for king; al-Malik, the Sovereign, is one of the names of God in Islam.
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- MA-lik
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Is Malik a girl's or a boy's name?
Malik is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 165 boys in the UK and 724 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Malik in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #307among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 165about 1 in 1,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 57% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 165 boys in the UK were named Malik, making it the 307th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 402nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 188 boys.
Half of all the boys named Malik in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 202 boys in the UK were given Malik or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #267, up from #307 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 282nd in England and Wales and 560th in Scotland.
Malik in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 165 | #307 |
| 2024 | 188 | #278 |
| 2023 | 179 | #285 |
| 2022 | 147 | #345 |
| 2021 | 123 | #401 |
| 2020 | 120 | #402 |
| 2019 | 112 | #429 |
| 2018 | 106 | #436 |
| 2017 | 81 | #542 |
| 2016 | 86 | #519 |
| 2015 | 100 | #455 |
| 2014 | 86 | #511 |
| 2013 | 96 | #467 |
| 2012 | 94 | #466 |
| 2011 | 77 | #519 |
| 2010 | 66 | #575 |
| 2009 | 72 | #534 |
| 2008 | 52 | #667 |
| 2007 | 69 | #525 |
| 2006 | 60 | #550 |
| 2005 | 47 | #620 |
| 2004 | 54 | #535 |
| 2003 | 51 | #525 |
| 2002 | 45 | #530 |
| 2001 | 50 | #465 |
| 2000 | 47 | #485 |
| 1999 | 46 | #503 |
| 1998 | 34 | #596 |
| 1997 | 60 | #415 |
| 1996 | 46 | #459 |
How popular is Malik in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #437among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 724about 1 in 2,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 724 boys in the US were named Malik, making it the 437th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 373rd. Its busiest year was 1996, with 4,026 boys. It first appears in the records in 1949.
2025 had fewer boys named Malik than any year since 1992.
Half of all the boys named Malik in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 895 boys in the US were given Malik or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #376, up from #437 for this spelling alone.
Malik in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 724 | #437 |
| 2024 | 740 | #428 |
| 2023 | 835 | #383 |
| 2022 | 808 | #394 |
| 2021 | 810 | #392 |
| 2020 | 838 | #373 |
| 2019 | 886 | #363 |
| 2018 | 874 | #373 |
| 2017 | 869 | #378 |
| 2016 | 844 | #382 |
| 2015 | 862 | #375 |
| 2014 | 842 | #372 |
| 2013 | 940 | #341 |
| 2012 | 913 | #340 |
| 2011 | 988 | #322 |
| 2010 | 1,192 | #283 |
| 2009 | 1,359 | #255 |
| 2008 | 1,218 | #280 |
| 2007 | 1,255 | #273 |
| 2006 | 1,191 | #289 |
| 2005 | 1,253 | #265 |
| 2004 | 1,377 | #243 |
| 2003 | 1,506 | #229 |
| 2002 | 1,659 | #211 |
| 2001 | 1,864 | #197 |
| 2000 | 2,084 | #176 |
| 1999 | 2,246 | #165 |
| 1998 | 2,694 | #138 |
| 1997 | 3,381 | #111 |
| 1996 | 4,026 | #97 |
| 1995 | 2,707 | #131 |
| 1994 | 853 | #308 |
| 1993 | 766 | #331 |
| 1992 | 582 | #394 |
| 1991 | 368 | #521 |
| 1990 | 328 | #556 |
| 1989 | 223 | #668 |
| 1988 | 158 | #754 |
| 1987 | 154 | #735 |
| 1986 | 127 | #806 |
| 1985 | 124 | #798 |
| 1984 | 114 | #818 |
| 1983 | 115 | #813 |
| 1982 | 113 | #834 |
| 1981 | 131 | #760 |
| 1980 | 168 | #665 |
| 1979 | 147 | #708 |
| 1978 | 167 | #649 |
| 1977 | 144 | #709 |
| 1976 | 139 | #706 |
| 1975 | 123 | #750 |
| 1974 | 110 | #769 |
| 1973 | 126 | #718 |
| 1972 | 134 | #692 |
| 1971 | 132 | #719 |
| 1970 | 126 | #732 |
| 1969 | 51 | #1,086 |
| 1968 | 36 | #1,258 |
| 1967 | 21 | #1,710 |
| 1966 | 17 | #1,890 |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
Names like Malik
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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