Malikah
Girl · MA-li-ka · Arabic
Malikah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “queen”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Malikah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Malika; feminine of Malik
“queen”
Arabic for queen, the feminine of Malik; popular across Central Asia and North Africa.
- Say it
- MA-li-ka
Meaning borrowed from Malika. More on Wiktionary.
Is Malikah a girl's or a boy's name?
Malikah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Malikah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Malikah, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,159th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 35 girls.
Half of all the girls named Malikah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 31 girls in the UK were given Malikah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,018, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
- Malika 27
- Malikah 4
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Malikah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 13 | #2,159 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 16 | #1,763 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,840 |
| 2007 | 24 | #1,243 |
| 2006 | 25 | #1,153 |
| 2005 | 35 | #863 |
| 2004 | 35 | #853 |
| 2003 | 24 | #1,056 |
| 2002 | 14 | #1,475 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,723 |
| 2000 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
How popular is Malikah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Malikah, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1979, with 45 girls. It first appears in the records in 1968.
2025 had fewer girls named Malikah than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Malikah in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 70 girls in the US were given Malikah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,152, up from #13,203 for this spelling alone.
- Malika 64
- Malikah 6
Malikah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,359 |
| 1997 | 29 | #3,812 |
| 1996 | 24 | #4,301 |
| 1995 | 33 | #3,352 |
| 1994 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 1993 | 40 | #2,933 |
| 1992 | 32 | #3,413 |
| 1991 | 34 | #3,201 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,281 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,525 |
| 1988 | 20 | #4,303 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 20 | #4,026 |
| 1985 | 17 | #4,453 |
| 1984 | 34 | #2,676 |
| 1983 | 28 | #2,974 |
| 1982 | 15 | #4,714 |
| 1981 | 41 | #2,375 |
| 1980 | 36 | #2,603 |
| 1979 | 45 | #2,187 |
| 1978 | 38 | #2,350 |
| 1977 | 43 | #2,162 |
| 1976 | 36 | #2,292 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,060 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
Names like Malikah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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