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How popular is the name Malachai?
Births per year, rank history and how many Malachais are alive today.
Malachai (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 2952nd in 2025 and given to 7 babies. The name peaked in 2006, when 13 babies were given the name, the 1469th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2022, with 12 babies given the name that year.
The Malachai you are most likely to meet is around 19 years old - or else around 3: the name has two living generations. Half of all Malachais born in England and Wales are between 8 and 21, and there are at least 200 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Malachai - on average, only one in every 1,515 such rooms contains a Malachai.
How many babies are named Malachai each year?
Where does Malachai rank among boys' names?
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 Malachai most popular?
Malachai peaked in 2006, when 13 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Malachai?
At least 200 people named Malachai born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Malachai?
Most living Malachais are between 8 and 21; the most common age is about 19. There is a second cluster around 3.
Is Malachai becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.