Malek

maleStatistical record

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

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

Malek: Recorded since 1996, it reached #631 in 2021, and it stood at #727 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
35times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#631highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2005–2011

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2005	#3382
2010	#4688
2011	#3185

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 boys in England and Wales in 26 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #727 among boys in Scotland, #785 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1517 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1337 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2019–2024
Highest recorded position: #631 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2021 (recorded 2019–2024).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1517 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Malek appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 26 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 291 births with the name.

Malek 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.

Malek'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 · Boys	#1337 (1996)	#939 (2021)	#1517 (2024)	26 of 29	291 (1996–2024)	32 (2021)
England and Wales · Girls	#3382 (2005)	#3185 (2011)	#3185 (2011)	3 of 7	16 (2005–2011)	7 (2011)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#764 (2019)	#631 (2021)	#785 (2024)	5 of 6	17 (2019–2024)	4 (2021)

Malek 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 Malek in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	15	2 of 10	8
2000s	67	9 of 10	7
2010s	100	10 of 10	10
2020sbusiest	109	5 of 10	22

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 22 births a year.

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

Malek 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #631 in Republic of Ireland in 2021.

Malek'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	#1517	17	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1533	16	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1179	23	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#939	32	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1230	21	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1217	21	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3011	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1923	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2804	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2707	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2690	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1706	13	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1962	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3185	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1788	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1568	14	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1953	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1756	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1892	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2304	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1337	9	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#660	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#631	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	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.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #631, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 32 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 2019, and 28 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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Maleeka · #2247, 24y
Malena · #305, 33y
Malene · #66, 50y

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.

Austen · #629, 29y
Aniela · #635, 26y
Eleni · #627, 29y
Darby · #638, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Dev · #631, 30y
Mirela · #631, 13y
Yousif · #631, 29y
Allegra · #630, 29y

Malek was ranked #631 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2021. 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.

Malek 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 Malek without appearing here.

Malek moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1533 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1517 and #5119.
Kelly Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3011 and #3011 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #1217 and #4702.
Kim Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3865 and #3865 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1962 and #4805.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3849 and #2754 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1892 and #4052.

Moved ahead of Malek

Theodor Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1568 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #3865 and #1201.
Tadhg Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1568 and #1749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #3865 and #1551.
Ollie Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1337 and #1458 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #1821 and #924.
Ronny Compare
In 2021 they stood at #939 and #985 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1179 and #825.

Moved the same way as Malek

Kim Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Malek went from #1337 to #2707 and Kim from #1168 to #4747.
Tayla Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Malek went from #1337 to #2707 and Tayla from #1458 to #4747.

What's not yet available

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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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #631 in Republic of Ireland in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Malek

Malek at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Malek across 3 official records

Malek by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Malek appears in

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Malek across 3 official records

Malek by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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