Malique

maleStatistical record

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

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

Malique: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,322 in 2002, and it stood at #3,254 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1322highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1591
1998	#2419
1999	#2425
2000	#2501
2001	#3134
2002	#1322
2003	#1962
2004	#2578
2006	#4052
2007	#3589
2008	#2775
2009	#2318
2010	#3865
2011	#3830
2014	#3362
2015	#2707
2016	#4810
2017	#3449
2018	#3959
2019	#1506
2020	#1723
2021	#2301
2022	#3048
2023	#4991
2024	#3254

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 25 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1591 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 recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1322 among boys in England and Wales, in 2002 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3254 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Malique 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 Malique in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	15	3 of 10	5
2000s	51	9 of 10	6
2010s	48	8 of 10	6
2020sbusiest	37	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Malique 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1322 in England and Wales in 2002.

Malique'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	#3254	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3048	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2301	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1723	13	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1506	16	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2707	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2318	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1962	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1322	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1591	7	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,322, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

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 →
11 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,254position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
16births registered in its largest year, 2019Under 25 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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Malina · #2286, 20y
Maliya · #1743, 15y
Maliyah · #856, 22y

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.

Akiva · #1322, 28y
Hanif · #1322, 27y
Harjot · #1322, 29y
Nihaal · #1322, 22y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Akiva · #1322, 28y
Ayhan · #1322, 17y
Hanif · #1322, 27y
Harjot · #1322, 29y

Malique 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 Malique without appearing here.

Malique moved ahead of

Brent Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3959 and #3412 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1723 and #4608.
Kim Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3865 and #3865 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #2707 and #4747.
Tayla Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2318 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #2707 and #4747.
Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #4991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Malique

Theodor Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2318 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #3865 and #1201.
Tadhg Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1591 and #2357 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #2419 and #1263.
Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2301 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3048 and #2018.
Einar Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3048 and #4789 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4991 and #4107.

Moved the opposite way to Malique

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Malique went from #1591 to #3254 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Malique went from #1591 to #3254 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Malique went from #1591 to #3254 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Malique went from #1591 to #3254 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Malique

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Malique went from #1591 to #3254 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Malique went from #1591 to #3254 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Malique went from #1591 to #3254 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Malique went from #1591 to #3254 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1322 in England and Wales in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Malique

Malique at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Malique by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Malique appears in

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Malique at a glance

Malique by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Malique and the names beside it

Malique moved ahead of

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