Malikhi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mah-LEE-kee
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Malikhi is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “kingly, royal”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Malikhi mean?
Arabic: spelling of Maliki; from Arabic malik 'king'
“kingly, royal”
Built on Arabic malik 'king'; Maliki is also the Sunni school of law named after Imam Malik ibn Anas.
Meaning borrowed from Maliki.
Is Malikhi a girl's or a boy's name?
Malikhi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Malikhi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,190th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Malikhi, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the boys named Malikhi in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Malikhi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
Names like Malikhi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Mustafa, Hamza, Zahir, Zayd, Muhammadali, Musa, Mouhamed, Abdullah, Nasir, Mahdi, Amir
Names related to Malikhi
Malachi, Malakai, Malik, Malakhi, Malikai, Malakhai, Maliki, Malick
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
Sources
Figures from 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, “Malikhi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/malikhi, updated 20 October 2026.