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How popular is the name Malachi?
Births per year, rank history and how many Malachis are alive today.
Malachi (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 292nd in 2025 with 157 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2014, when 226 babies were given the name, the 246th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2005, with 218 babies given the name that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 356 in 2021 before climbing back to the 292nd place it holds today. Numbers have been stable in recent years.
The Malachi you are most likely to meet is around 13 years old. Half of all Malachis born in England and Wales are between 9 and 21, and there are at least 4,900 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 1.6% chance that at least one of them will be called Malachi.
How many babies are named Malachi each year?
Where does Malachi 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 Malachi most popular?
Malachi peaked in 2014, when 226 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Malachi?
At least 4,900 people named Malachi born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Malachi?
Most living Malachis are between 9 and 21; the most common age is about 13.
Is Malachi becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.