Malosi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mah-LOH-see
- US rank, 2025
- #4,248 for boys
Malosi is a boys' name, meaning “strong”. In 2025 it ranked 4,248th for boys in the US (24 babies).
What does Malosi mean?
Samoan, from malosi 'strong'
“strong”
A Samoan word meaning 'strong', given as a name in Samoan families.
Is Malosi a girl's or a boy's name?
Malosi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Malosi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,248th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 24 about 1 in 71,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 155% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 24 boys in the US were named Malosi, making it the 4,248th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. It first appears in the records in 2004.
2025 had the most boys named Malosi of any year since it first appeared, in 2004.
Half of all the boys named Malosi in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Malosi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #4,248 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 22 | #4,566 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
Names like Malosi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Akari, Makari, Amiri, Tadeo, Thiago, Amari, Malachi, Aziel, Omari, Kamari, Kamazi, Ozias
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, “Malosi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/malosi, updated 20 October 2026.