Malaika

femaleStatistical record

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

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

3registrars recorded it
33times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#256highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

How to read this chart

A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#1666
1998	#2165
1999	#1107
2000	#804
2001	#612
2002	#603
2003	#356
2004	#256
2005	#266
2006	#275
2007	#314
2008	#336
2009	#331
2010	#406
2011	#398
2012	#414
2013	#445
2014	#448
2015	#549
2016	#594
2017	#701
2018	#689
2019	#806
2020	#637
2021	#688
2022	#839
2023	#813
2024	#811
2025	#983

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2025.

In 2024: #790 among girls in Scotland, #811 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3126 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2025
Highest recorded position: #256 among girls in England and Wales, in 2004 (recorded 1996–2025).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #983 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls

Malaika appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 30 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 2,297 births with the name.

Malaika across 2 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.

Malaika'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
England and Wales · Girls	#3126 (1996)	#256 (2004)	#983 (2025)	30 of 30	2,297 (1996–2025)	170 (2004)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#937 (2011)	#751 (2015)	#751 (2015)	2 of 5	7 (2011–2015)	4 (2015)

Malaika by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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 Malaika in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	39	4 of 10	10
2000sbusiest	1,140	10 of 10	114
2010s	837	10 of 10	84
2020s	281	6 of 10	47

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 114 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2003 and 2004, when recorded births rose by 65, from 105 to 170.

See the names England and Wales has recorded the most births with →

Malaika appears in

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

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #256 in England and Wales in 2004.

Malaika'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
2025	England and Wales	female	#983	35	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	female	#811	46	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#813	44	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#839	42	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#688	55	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#637	59	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#806	46	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#689	58	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#701	58	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#594	71	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#549	79	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#448	97	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#445	94	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#414	110	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#398	115	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#406	109	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#331	133	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#336	133	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#314	144	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#275	170	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#266	169	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#256	170	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#356	105	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#603	46	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#612	42	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#804	28	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1107	18	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2165	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1666	10	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#751	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#790	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

Where Malaika is officially recorded

3 official registrars have recorded Malaika, between 1996 and 2025. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Each mark is a year the registrar recorded the name; the diamond is that registrar's highest position. Gaps can mean a year was not published, not that the name went unused.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
England and Wales	1996–2025	30	#256 in 2004
Republic of Ireland	2011–2015	2	#751 in 2015
Scotland	2024	1	#790 in 2024

Its high point came 20 years earlier in England and Wales (2004) than in Scotland (2024).

Names measured beside itNeighbours, comparisons, related names and shared trajectories

Malaika was ranked #256 in England and Wales · Girls in 2004. 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.

Jorja#254
Keeley#255
Daniella#256
Thea#256
Tiffany#259
Seren#260
Julia#261
Savannah#262

Malaika 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 2,576 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Malaika without appearing here.

Malaika moved ahead of

Therese
In 1998 they stood at #2165 and #2165 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #1107 and #3900.
Jeanette
In 1996 they stood at #3126 and #1914 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #1666 and #3824.
Dylan
In 1997 they stood at #3126 and #2350 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #2165 and #3848.
Evan
In 1996 they stood at #3126 and #2096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #1666 and #3174.

Moved ahead of Malaika

Blake
In 2016 they stood at #594 and #768 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #701 and #499.
Fiadh
In 2019 they stood at #806 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #637 and #460.
Harper
In 2011 they stood at #398 and #858 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #414 and #284.
Frida
In 2023 they stood at #813 and #851 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #811 and #811.

Moved the opposite way to Malaika

Abigail
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Malaika went from #3126 to #983 while Abigail went from #21 to #171.
Aimee
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Malaika went from #3126 to #983 while Aimee went from #70 to #1809.
Aisling
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Malaika went from #3126 to #983 while Aisling went from #440 to #1892.
Alex
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Malaika went from #3126 to #983 while Alex went from #161 to #2605.

Moved the same way as Malaika

Ada
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Malaika went from #3126 to #983 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Malaika went from #3126 to #983 and Alma from #2096 to #211.
Alyssa
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Malaika went from #3126 to #983 and Alyssa from #783 to #325.
Amalie
Between 1996 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Malaika went from #3126 to #983 and Amalie from #2096 to #894.

What is known about Malaika

How to read this

How often it is registered: Official record; 3 official registrars, 1996–2025.
Meaning: Not established; Not researched yet.
Origin: Not established; Not researched yet.
Pronunciation: Not established; Not recorded yet.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not 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 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #256 in England and Wales in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Malaika

Malaika at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Malaika across 2 official records

Malaika by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Malaika appears in

Popularity data

Where Malaika is officially recorded

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Malaika at a glance

Malaika across 2 official records

Malaika by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Malaika appears in

Names published alongside Malaika

Malaika and the names beside it

Malaika moved ahead of

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