Malikah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Malikah: Recorded every year since 1998, it reached #788 in 2004, and it stood at #3,015 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#788highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#3848
1999	#2444
2000	#1313
2001	#1870
2002	#1372
2003	#996
2004	#788
2005	#824
2006	#1119
2007	#1196
2008	#1718
2009	#1668
2010	#2589
2011	#1489
2012	#2521
2013	#2649
2014	#2862
2015	#2705
2016	#4096
2017	#4063
2018	#4684
2019	#3151
2020	#2042
2021	#3519
2022	#4645
2023	#4709
2024	#3015

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 1998 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #3848 among girls in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #788 among girls in England and Wales, in 2004 (recorded 1998–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Malikah 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 Malikah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	9	2 of 10	5
2000sbusiest	208	10 of 10	21
2010s	86	10 of 10	9
2020s	35	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 21 births a year.

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

Malikah appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #788 in England and Wales in 2004.

Malikah'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	#3015	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3519	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2042	13	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2705	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2862	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2649	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2521	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1489	20	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2589	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1668	16	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1718	15	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1196	23	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1119	24	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#824	34	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#788	35	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#996	24	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1372	14	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1870	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1313	14	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1998 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #788, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 35 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
27 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#3,015position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
35births registered in its largest year, 200425 to 49 births →

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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Malika · #370, 44y
Malikai · #1859, 20y
Malin · #3, 60y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Vikram · #788, 29y
Zahid · #788, 29y
Anum · #789, 29y
Katya · #787, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Vikram · #788, 29y
Zahid · #788, 29y
Zeynep · #788, 30y
Ananya · #787, 28y

Malikah was ranked #788 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.

Malikah 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 Malikah without appearing here.

Malikah moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2042 and #5493.
Evan Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #5891.
Geraldine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #5891.
Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Malikah

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2042 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3519 and #1286.
Francis Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3519 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #4645 and #2488.
Arlo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2042 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3519 and #1785.
Noah Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2042 and #2615 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3519 and #2201.

Moved the opposite way to Malikah

Harper Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Malikah went from #1870 to #3015 while Harper went from #3262 to #22.
Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Malikah went from #788 to #3015 while Eabha went from #4598 to #1262.
Martine Compare
Between 1998 and 2011 in England and Wales · Girls, Malikah went from #3848 to #1489 while Martine went from #1036 to #4764.

Moved the same way as Malikah

Hayden Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Malikah went from #1313 to #3015 and Hayden from #3912 to #5891.
Dianne Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Malikah went from #1372 to #3015 and Dianne from #4137 to #5891.
Karin Compare
Between 1999 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Malikah went from #2444 to #3519 and Karin from #1557 to #3192.
Teddy Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Malikah went from #1372 to #3015 and Teddy from #4137 to #5891.

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #788 in England and Wales in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Malikah

Malikah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Malikah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Malikah appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Malikah at a glance

Malikah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Malikah 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 Malikah

Malikah and the names beside it

Malikah moved ahead of

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