Malachy

maleStatistical record

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

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

Malachy: Recorded since 1964, it reached #123 in 1968, and it stood at #372 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
114times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#123highest recorded position
20groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Malachy's record

Moved 157 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1591
1997	#1761
1998	#1821
2000	#1002
2001	#1135
2002	#805
2003	#414
2004	#555
2005	#401
2006	#494
2007	#509
2008	#527
2009	#485
2010	#477
2011	#537
2012	#566
2013	#720
2014	#695
2015	#753
2016	#790
2017	#1097
2018	#1040
2019	#1113
2020	#1111
2021	#1250
2022	#1268
2023	#1533
2024	#1132

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

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 59 of the 62 years from 1964 to 2025.

In 2024: #216 among boys in Northern Ireland, #252 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1132 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1964–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #129 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1964–2025
Highest recorded position: #123 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1968 (recorded 1964–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #372 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Malachy appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 59 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 598 births with the name.

Malachy across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Malachy's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#129 (1964)	#123 (1968)	#372 (2025)	59 of 62	598 (1964–2025)	22 (1968)
England and Wales · Boys	#1591 (1996)	#401 (2005)	#1132 (2024)	28 of 29	1,079 (1996–2024)	75 (2005)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#179 (1997)	#153 (2023)	#216 (2024)	27 of 28	206 (1997–2024)	15 (2023)

Malachy by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Malachy in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	101	6 of 10	17
1970s	123	10 of 10	12
1980s	59	9 of 10	7
1990s	41	8 of 10	5
2000s	86	10 of 10	9
2010s	114	10 of 10	11
2020s	74	6 of 10	12

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 17 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Malachy appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #123 in Republic of Ireland in 1968.

Malachy'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	#1132	25	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1533	16	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1268	21	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1250	21	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1111	24	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1113	24	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1040	27	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1097	26	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#790	41	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#753	43	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#695	47	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#720	45	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#566	64	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#537	65	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#477	75	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#485	73	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#527	64	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#509	63	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#494	61	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#401	75	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#555	46	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#414	63	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#805	23	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1135	13	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1002	15	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1591	7	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#216	9	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#153	15	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#234	8	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#192	12	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#304	5	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#226	9	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#255	7	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#214	9	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#175	14	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#237	8	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#243	8	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#219	9	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#247	7	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#375	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#303	5	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#232	8	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#266	6	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#179	12	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#207	8	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#231	6	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#210	7	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#229	5	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#243	4	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#218	5	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#220	5	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#240	4	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#179	8	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#372	10	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#252	17	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#436	8	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#287	16	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#454	7	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#280	16	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#352	11	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#262	18	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#418	8	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#345	12	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#421	8	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#267	18	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#383	10	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#401	9	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#490	6	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#301	14	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#366	10	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#346	11	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#342	9	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#314	9	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	8	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#244	11	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#228	12	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#313	6	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#409	3	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	7	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#379	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#303	5	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#336	4	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	9	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#223	8	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#267	5	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	4	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#271	4	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#272	4	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	3	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#269	4	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#318	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#202	10	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#188	12	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#217	9	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#213	10	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#211	10	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#184	13	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#200	11	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	8	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#198	12	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#203	11	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#182	14	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#203	10	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#184	12	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#140	22	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#174	12	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#123	22	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#132	17	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#127	18	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#129	16	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#129	16	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1964 and 2025, ranked in 59 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #123, first reached in 1968.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 75 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 33 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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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Malaika · #256, 29y
Malaikah · #985, 24y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, 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.

Jarlath · #124, 62y
Pierce · #122, 61y
Aislinn · #126, 56y
Jerome · #119, 61y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Anya · #123, 34y
Artur · #123, 64y
Liliana · #123, 47y
Augustine · #124, 53y

Malachy was ranked #123 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1968. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Malachy 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 Malachy without appearing here.

Malachy moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1533 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1132 and #5119.
Graeme Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1821 and #1367 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1002 and #2501.
Kim Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1821 and #1367 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1002 and #2142.
Lars Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1821 and #1110 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1002 and #1889.

Moved ahead of Malachy

Marcus Compare
In 2020 they stood at #280 and #307 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2021 that had become #454 and #249.
Jackson Compare
In 2010 they stood at #301 and #322 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2011 that had become #490 and #308.
Arlo Compare
In 2008 they stood at #527 and #567 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #485 and #311.
Oisin Compare
In 2022 they stood at #287 and #306 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2023 that had become #436 and #268.

Moved the opposite way to Malachy

Alexander Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Malachy went from #129 to #372 while Alexander went from #116 to #55.
Arthur Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Malachy went from #129 to #372 while Arthur went from #98 to #57.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Malachy went from #129 to #372 while Benjamin went from #139 to #83.
Conor Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Malachy went from #129 to #372 while Conor went from #56 to #16.

Moved the same way as Malachy

Adrian Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Malachy went from #129 to #372 and Adrian from #65 to #348.
Alan Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Malachy went from #129 to #372 and Alan from #29 to #232.
Alfred Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Malachy went from #129 to #372 and Alfred from #134 to #286.
Andrew Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Malachy went from #129 to #372 and Andrew from #34 to #106.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #123 in Republic of Ireland in 1968. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Malachy

Malachy at a glance

What stands out in Malachy's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Malachy across 3 official records

Malachy by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Malachy appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Malachy at a glance

What stands out in Malachy's record

Malachy across 3 official records

Malachy by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Malachy appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Malachy

Malachy and the names beside it

Malachy moved ahead of

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