Maliq
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mah-LEEK
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Maliq is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “king”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Maliq mean?
Arabic: spelling of Malik
“king”
A spelling of Malik, Arabic for king; al-Malik, 'the King', is one of the 99 names of God in Islam.
Is Maliq a girl's or a boy's name?
Maliq is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maliq in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Maliq in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Maliq in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 1 | #6,179 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
How popular is Maliq in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 61% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Maliq, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 64 boys. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the boys named Maliq in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Maliq in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,000 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 22 | #4,462 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 27 | #3,881 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 25 | #3,992 |
| 2010 | 29 | #3,632 |
| 2009 | 37 | #3,104 |
| 2008 | 30 | #3,558 |
| 2007 | 28 | #3,685 |
| 2006 | 24 | #3,998 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,626 |
| 2004 | 32 | #3,070 |
| 2003 | 46 | #2,308 |
| 2002 | 64 | #1,789 |
| 2001 | 37 | #2,557 |
| 2000 | 37 | #2,520 |
| 1999 | 26 | #3,099 |
| 1998 | 31 | #2,648 |
| 1997 | 42 | #2,093 |
| 1996 | 31 | #2,478 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
Names like Maliq
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Hamza Musa Ahmed Mustafa Abdullah Zayd Musab Umar Zayaan Zayan Azaan
Names related to Maliq
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo
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, “Maliq: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maliq, updated 20 October 2026.