Maalik
In Islamic belief, Maalik denotes an angel in Hell/Purgatory who guarded the Hellfire and assisted by other angel guards known as Zabaniyah. In the Qur'an, Maalik is mentioned in Surah Az-Zukhruf 43:77 as the chief of angels of hell. The earliest codices offer various alternative spellings of this word including malak, meaning "angel", instead of a proper name.
Meaning & Origin of Maalik
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
In Islamic belief, Maalik denotes an angel in Hell/Purgatory who guarded the Hellfire and assisted by other angel guards known as Zabaniyah. In the Qur'an, Maalik is mentioned in Surah Az-Zukhruf 43:77 as the chief of angels of hell. The earliest codices offer various alternative spellings of this word including malak, meaning "angel", instead of a proper name.
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Etymology
The Story of Maalik
Maalik first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1989, with 8 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1995, when 35 Maaliks were born — ranking #2,252 that year. As of 2026, Maalik ranks #7,725 for baby boys with 10 births, falling sharply (-26%). In total, more than 543 Maaliks have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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About the name Maalik
Maalik is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1989 and has accumulated 543 births in the dataset. Maalik's peak popularity came in 1995 when it ranked #2,252. Use the chart and map above to compare Maalik's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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