Malik

maleStatistical record

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

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

Malik: Recorded since 1965, its highest recorded position is #264, and it stood at #407 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
84times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#264highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 2003

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2003	#4373

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

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 31 of the 61 years from 1965 to 2025.

In 2025: #407 among boys in Norway, #676 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1965–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1965
First recorded at #488 among boys in Norway in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #264 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #407 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Malik appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 31 years beginning in 1965, and has registered 230 births with the name.

Malik across 4 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.

Malik'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 · Boys	#488 (1965)	#289 (2023)	#407 (2025)	31 of 61	230 (1965–2025)	14 (2023)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#337 (1992)	#312 (2000)	#676 (2025)	20 of 34	97 (1992–2025)	7 (2023)
England and Wales · Boys	#445 (1996)	#264 (2024)	#264 (2024)	29 of 29	2,293 (1996–2024)	177 (2024)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#415 (2017)	#339 (2024)	#339 (2024)	2 of 8	7 (2017–2024)	4 (2024)

Malik by decade in Norway · 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 Malik in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	5	1 of 10	5
1970s	13	3 of 10	4
1980s	4	1 of 10	4
1990s	5	1 of 10	5
2000s	62	9 of 10	7
2010s	77	10 of 10	8
2020sbusiest	64	6 of 10	11

Across Norway · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Malik 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 5 regions, from 1965 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #264 in England and Wales in 2024.

Malik'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	#264	177	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#271	172	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#317	141	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#378	118	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#390	109	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#399	109	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#410	104	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#522	75	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#501	81	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#423	97	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#475	83	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#440	91	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#440	90	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#479	77	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#531	65	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#505	69	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#613	51	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#501	65	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#504	60	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#615	43	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#500	52	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#509	47	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#493	44	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#444	48	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#453	45	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#467	45	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#554	33	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#386	58	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#445	44	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#339	4	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#407	7	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#312	12	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#289	14	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#294	13	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#360	8	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#324	10	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#382	8	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#456	6	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#411	8	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#392	9	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#356	11	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#369	10	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#465	6	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#479	6	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#412	8	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#514	5	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#408	9	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#407	9	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#368	10	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#404	8	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#496	5	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#512	5	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#536	4	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#462	6	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#468	6	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#520	5	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#634	4	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#583	5	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#624	4	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#581	4	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#488	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#676	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	7	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	7	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#509	6	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#637	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	6	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#547	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#479	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#548	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#623	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#604	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#493	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#370	6	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	3	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#312	5	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#432	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
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 5 registrars between 1965 and 2025, ranked in 36 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #264, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 177 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 9 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1992, and 59 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.

Malick · #1744, 21y
Maliha · #583, 29y
Malika · #370, 44y
Malikah · #788, 27y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 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.

Amalia · #300, 33y
Aryan · #205, 31y
Olivier · #191, 37y
Livia · #177, 32y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Marzena · #264, 33y
Ailbe · #265, 20y
Mike · #263, 51y
Trudy · #263, 50y

Malik was ranked #264 in England and Wales · Boys in 2024. 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.

Malik 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 Malik without appearing here.

Malik moved ahead of

Courtney Compare
In 1998 they stood at #554 and #554 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #467 and #973.
Barry Compare
In 1998 they stood at #554 and #544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #467 and #809.
Marius Compare
In 2022 they stood at #509 and #509 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2023 that had become #472 and #770.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2021 they stood at #699 and #699 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2022 that had become #509 and #779.

Moved ahead of Malik

Finley Compare
In 1997 they stood at #386 and #484 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #554 and #182.
Lachlan Compare
In 2014 they stood at #479 and #534 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2015 that had become #699 and #355.
Benjamin Compare
In 1969 they stood at #488 and #517 in Norway · Boys; by 1970 that had become #581 and #329.
Marcus Compare
In 1969 they stood at #488 and #490 in Norway · Boys; by 1970 that had become #581 and #358.

Moved the opposite way to Malik

Kim Compare
Between 1965 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Malik went from #488 to #289 while Kim went from #153 to #370.
Svein Compare
Between 1965 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Malik went from #488 to #289 while Svein went from #10 to #267.
Trond Compare
Between 1965 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Malik went from #488 to #289 while Trond went from #9 to #446.
Arthur Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Malik went from #337 to #676 while Arthur went from #192 to #57.

Moved the same way as Malik

Aaron Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Malik went from #337 to #676 and Aaron from #24 to #71.
Adrian Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Malik went from #337 to #676 and Adrian from #76 to #348.
Alan Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Malik went from #337 to #676 and Alan from #20 to #232.
Andrew Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Malik went from #337 to #676 and Andrew from #16 to #106.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 5 regions, from 1965 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #264 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Malik

Malik at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Malik across 4 official records

Malik by decade in Norway · Boys

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Malik across 4 official records

Malik by decade in Norway · Boys

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