Malik
Malik, Maleek, Malek or Malyk is a given name of West Asian Semitic origin. It is both used as first name and surname originally mainly in Western Asia by Semitic speaking Christians, Muslims and Jews of varying ethnicities such as Assyrians, Jews, Arameans, Mandeans and Arabs, before spreading to non-Semitic speaking countries in the Caucasus, South Asia, Central Asia, North Africa and Southeast…
- Arabic
- Urdu
- Indonesian
- Malay
Meaning & Origin of Malik
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Malik, Maleek, Malek or Malyk is a given name of West Asian Semitic origin. It is both used as first name and surname originally mainly in Western Asia by Semitic speaking Christians, Muslims and Jews of varying ethnicities such as Assyrians, Jews, Arameans, Mandeans and Arabs, before spreading to non-Semitic speaking countries in the Caucasus, South Asia, Central Asia, North Africa and Southeast…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
- Urdu
- Indonesian
- Malay
- Greenlandic
The Story of Malik
The earliest SSA record of Malik as a baby boy name dates back to 1949, when 5 babies received it. 1996 was its biggest year on record, with 4,026 newborns named Malik — #97 in the national rankings. The 1990s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 36% of all recorded Maliks. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #422 among baby boy names with 747 births, gradually falling (-9%). In total, more than 50K Maliks have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1940s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Malik
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Names that sound like Malik
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About the name Malik
Malik is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1949 and has accumulated 50K births in the dataset. Malik's peak popularity came in 1996 when it ranked #97. Use the chart and map above to compare Malik'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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