Malachai

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Malachai: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Malachai: Recorded since 1997, it reached #1,469 in 2006, and it stood at #2,088 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#1469highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2859
2001	#2220
2003	#2857
2004	#2578
2005	#2174
2006	#1469
2007	#1885
2008	#1706
2009	#1859
2010	#2199
2011	#1688
2012	#2458
2013	#2055
2014	#2964
2016	#4810
2018	#3412
2019	#3937
2020	#4608
2021	#3990
2022	#1879
2023	#3112
2024	#2088

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

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What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 22 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2859 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #1469 among boys in England and Wales, in 2006 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2088 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Malachai by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Malachai in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000sbusiest	67	8 of 10	8
2010s	58	8 of 10	7
2020s	36	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Malachai appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1469 in England and Wales in 2006.

Malachai's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2088	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1879	12	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2964	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2055	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2458	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1688	13	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2199	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1859	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1706	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1885	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1469	13	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2174	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,469, first reached in 2006.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
12 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#2,088position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
13births registered in its largest year, 2006Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Malachy · #123, 59y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Awab · #1469, 18y
Flo · #1469, 21y
Kaito · #1469, 19y
Kaloyan · #1469, 17y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Rehman · #1469, 20y
Zuhair · #1469, 23y
Amjad · #1467, 28y
Lyam · #1467, 20y

Malachai and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Malachai without appearing here.

Malachai moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #5119.
Harald Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2859 and #2859 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1469 and #4052.
Shannon Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2578 and #2304 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1469 and #4052.

Moved ahead of Malachai

Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3412 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #2104.
Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1879 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #1363.
Malin Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3412 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #2728.
Aksel Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2055 and #2403 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2964 and #2079.

Moved the opposite way to Malachai

Aksel Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Malachai went from #1469 to #2088 while Aksel went from #4052 to #1132.

Moved the same way as Malachai

Brooke Compare
Between 1997 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Malachai went from #2859 to #4608 and Brooke from #1174 to #4608.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1469 in England and Wales in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Malachai by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Malachai at a glance

Malachai by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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