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How popular is the name Malachy?
Births per year, rank history and how many Malachies are alive today.
Malachy (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1359th in 2025 and given to 20 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2005, when 75 babies were given the name, the 401st most popular that year. It has declined since 2005; the 2025 figure is roughly 27% of its peak. Malachy is one spelling of a name also recorded as Malaki; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Malachy you are most likely to meet is around 15 years old. Half of all Malachies born in England and Wales are between 11 and 20, and there are at least 1,500 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 Malachy - on average, only one in every 202 such rooms contains a Malachy.
How many babies are named Malachy each year?
Includes all spellings: Malachy, Malaki. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Malachy spelling rank?
Where does the Malaki 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 Malachy most popular?
Malachy peaked in 2012, when 101 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Malachy?
At least 1,500 people named Malachy in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Malachy?
Most living Malachies are between 11 and 20; the most common age is about 15.
Is Malachy becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 2012 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.