Malyk
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mah-LEEK
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Malyk is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “king”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Malyk mean?
Arabic: respelling of Malik
“king”
Respelling of Malik, from Arabic malik 'king'; al-Malik is one of the 99 names of God in Islam.
Is Malyk a girl's or a boy's name?
Malyk is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Malyk in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 96% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Malyk, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 1997, with 29 boys. It first appears in the records in 1995.
2025 had fewer boys named Malyk than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Malyk in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Malyk in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 22 | #4,606 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,496 |
| 2001 | 18 | #4,296 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 25 | #3,178 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 29 | #2,676 |
| 1996 | 23 | #3,102 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
Names like Malyk
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza Muhammad Zahir Nasir Musa Malik Amir Mustafa Zayd Khalil Samir Ahmad
Names related to Malyk
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, “Malyk: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/malyk, updated 20 October 2026.