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How popular is the name Malaika?
Births per year, rank history and how many Malaikas are alive today.
Malaika (female) is an uncommon girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 983rd in 2025 with 35 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2004, when 170 babies were given the name, the 256th most popular that year. It has declined since 2004; the 2025 figure is roughly 21% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. Malaika is one spelling of a name also recorded as Malaikah; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Malaika you are most likely to meet is around 21 years old. Half of all Malaikas born in England and Wales are between 11 and 21, and there are at least 2,600 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Malaika - on average, only one in every 122 such rooms contains a Malaika.
How many babies are named Malaika each year?
Includes all spellings: Malaika, Malaikah. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Malaika spelling rank?
Where does the Malaikah spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Malaika most popular?
Malaika peaked in 2004, when 195 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Malaika?
At least 2,600 people named Malaika in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Malaika?
Most living Malaikas are between 11 and 21; the most common age is about 21.
Is Malaika becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2004 peak.