Malikai
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MAL-ih-ky
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,409 for boys
Malikai is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my messenger”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 1,409th for boys in the US (129 babies).
What does Malikai mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Malachi
“my messenger”
A spelling of Malachi that also echoes Malik, the Arabic word for king.
Is Malikai a girl's or a boy's name?
Malikai is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 129 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Malikai in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,511among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 73% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Malikai, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 13 boys.
Half of all the boys named Malikai in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 21 boys in the UK were given Malikai or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,200, up from #2,511 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Malikai in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
How popular is Malikai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,409among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 129about 1 in 13,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 129 boys in the US were named Malikai, making it the 1,409th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,271st. Its busiest year was 2022, with 148 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Malikai 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 Malikai or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #569, up from #1,409 for this spelling alone.
Malikai in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 129 | #1,409 |
| 2024 | 144 | #1,332 |
| 2023 | 148 | #1,294 |
| 2022 | 148 | #1,289 |
| 2021 | 117 | #1,514 |
| 2020 | 144 | #1,271 |
| 2019 | 132 | #1,354 |
| 2018 | 103 | #1,593 |
| 2017 | 109 | #1,518 |
| 2016 | 84 | #1,799 |
| 2015 | 77 | #1,895 |
| 2014 | 66 | #2,097 |
| 2013 | 63 | #2,112 |
| 2012 | 71 | #1,982 |
| 2011 | 59 | #2,202 |
| 2010 | 50 | #2,466 |
| 2009 | 73 | #1,941 |
| 2008 | 68 | #2,038 |
| 2007 | 51 | #2,473 |
| 2006 | 55 | #2,284 |
| 2005 | 50 | #2,321 |
| 2004 | 51 | #2,234 |
| 2003 | 26 | #3,438 |
| 2002 | 35 | #2,681 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
Nicknames for Malikai
- Kai 816 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Malikai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Muhammad Ibrahim Zakariya Mustafa Kai Abdullah Eesa Yusuf Yahya Ismail Ayaan
Other spellings of Malikai
Names related to Malikai
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Malikai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/malikai, updated 20 October 2026.