Malak

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Malak: Recorded since 1995, it reached #265 in 2009, and it stood at #347 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
60times a registrar ranked it
31years from first to last
#265highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
1998	#2701
1999	#1805
2000	#1995
2001	#1617
2002	#1192
2003	#1269
2004	#929
2005	#931
2006	#976
2007	#1234
2008	#744
2009	#621
2010	#559
2011	#744
2012	#738
2013	#865
2014	#859
2015	#1033
2016	#916
2017	#870
2018	#972
2019	#1119
2020	#683
2021	#901
2022	#718
2023	#981
2024	#869

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 Norway in 23 of the 31 years from 1995 to 2025.

In 2025: #347 among girls in Norway, #718 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1995–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1995
First recorded at #643 among girls in Norway in 1995 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1995–2025
Highest recorded position: #265 among girls in Norway, in 2009 (recorded 1995–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #347 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Malak appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 28 ranked years and 957 births registered; the earliest is Norway · Girls, from 1995.

Malak 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.

Malak'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
Norway · Girls	#643 (1995)	#265 (2009)	#347 (2025)	23 of 31	215 (1995–2025)	20 (2009)
England and Wales · Girls	#2350 (1996)	#559 (2010)	#869 (2024)	28 of 29	957 (1996–2024)	71 (2010)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#862 (2008)	#587 (2013)	#718 (2025)	9 of 18	32 (2008–2025)	6 (2013)

Malak 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 Malak in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	20	3 of 10	7
2000s	268	10 of 10	27
2010sbusiest	448	10 of 10	45
2020s	221	5 of 10	44

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 45 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2007 and 2008, when recorded births rose by 25, from 22 to 47.

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

Malak 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 1995 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #265 in Norway in 2009.

Malak'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	female	#869	42	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#981	35	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#718	51	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#901	39	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#683	54	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1119	30	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#972	37	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#870	44	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#916	40	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1033	34	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#859	44	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#865	43	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#738	54	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#744	51	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#559	71	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#621	60	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#744	47	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1234	22	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#976	29	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#931	29	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#929	28	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1269	17	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1192	17	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1617	11	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1995	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1805	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#347	10	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#341	10	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#421	7	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#344	10	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#485	4	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#454	5	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#520	4	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#393	9	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#406	9	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#487	6	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#465	7	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#322	14	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#306	16	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#294	17	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#332	14	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#388	11	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#265	20	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#402	10	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#482	7	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#447	8	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#508	6	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#453	7	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#643	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#718	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#905	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
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 1995 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #265, first reached in 2009.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 71 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 13 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.

Malaika · #256, 29y
Malaikah · #985, 24y
Malakai · #78, 28y
Malakhi · #2076, 19y

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.

Isobelle · #265, 30y
Cassius · #263, 29y
Fatimah · #267, 29y
Keziah · #263, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Hermione · #265, 29y
Isobelle · #265, 30y
Korey · #265, 29y
Angharad · #266, 28y

Malak was ranked #265 in Norway · Girls in 2009. 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.

Malak 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 Malak without appearing here.

Malak moved ahead of

Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1995 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1617 and #3998.
Ellinor Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2350 and #2350 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #1805 and #3900.
Jeanette Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2701 and #2407 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #1805 and #3900.
Therese Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2701 and #2165 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #1805 and #3900.

Moved ahead of Malak

Mila Compare
In 2010 they stood at #559 and #616 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #744 and #261.
Harper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #744 and #858 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #738 and #284.
Audrey Compare
In 2010 they stood at #559 and #655 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #744 and #468.
Blake Compare
In 2015 they stood at #1033 and #1240 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #916 and #768.

Moved the opposite way to Malak

Camilla Compare
Between 1995 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Malak went from #643 to #347 while Camilla went from #10 to #279.
Hanne Compare
Between 1995 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Malak went from #643 to #347 while Hanne went from #22 to #318.
Heidi Compare
Between 1995 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Malak went from #643 to #347 while Heidi went from #82 to #437.
Hilde Compare
Between 1995 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Malak went from #643 to #347 while Hilde went from #92 to #506.

Moved the same way as Malak

Abigail Compare
Between 1995 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Malak went from #643 to #347 and Abigail from #606 to #273.
Annie Compare
Between 1995 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Malak went from #643 to #347 and Annie from #479 to #214.
Åse Compare
Between 1995 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Malak went from #643 to #347 and Åse from #230 to #93.
Ella Compare
Between 1995 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Malak went from #643 to #347 and Ella from #272 to #4.

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 1995 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #265 in Norway in 2009. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Malak

Malak at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Malak across 3 official records

Malak by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Malak appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Malak at a glance

Malak across 3 official records

Malak by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Malak appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Malak

Malak and the names beside it

Malak moved ahead of

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