Masculine dossier · first seen 1949

Malik

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Malik
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1996

Peak rank proxy

4,026

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Millennial

1949Peak 19962024

Peak year

1996

Decline from peak

81.7%

2024

736

All-time

48,867

Malik has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1996, when 4,026 boys were named Malik.

In 2024, only 736 boys were given the name.

Down 81.7% from its peak.

All told, about 48,867 Americans have been named Malik and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1949.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationMillennial

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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