Malkia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mal-KEE-uh
- Origin
- Swahili
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Malkia is a girls' name of Swahili origin, meaning “queen”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Malkia mean?
Swahili: Swahili word, from Arabic malika
“queen”
The Swahili word for 'queen', ultimately from Arabic malika.
Is Malkia a girl's or a boy's name?
Malkia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Malkia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 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, 5 girls in the US were named Malkia, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1975, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Malkia in the US since 1880 were born between 1975 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Malkia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 14 | #4,679 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 25 | #2,881 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 17 | #3,634 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,299 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
Names like Malkia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safiya Amira Samira Malia Safia Aaliyah Aliya Khadija Summer Hadassah Talia Maya
Names related to Malkia
More Swahili names
Zuri Imani Emani Jabari Zhuri Imara Maisha Asante Imaani Malaikah Taraji Xuri Zuriyah Johari Simba Zamani
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, “Malkia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/malkia, updated 20 October 2026.