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How popular is the name Malcom?
Births per year, rank history and how many Malcoms are alive today.
Malcom (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Malcolm in England and Wales, ranked 5137th in 2025 and given to 3 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2010, when 4 babies were given the name, the 3865th most popular that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Malcolm you are most likely to meet is around 73 years old. Half of all Malcolms born in England and Wales are between 61 and 79, and there are at least 66,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 20% chance that at least one of them will be called Malcolm.
How many babies are named Malcom each year?
Includes all spellings: Malcom, Malcolm. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Malcom spelling rank?
Where does the Malcolm 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 Malcom most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Malcolm, peaked in 1944, when around 3,100 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Malcom spelling itself peaked in 2010, with 4 babies.
How many people are called Malcom?
At least 66,000 people named Malcom in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Malcom?
Most living Malcoms are between 61 and 79; the most common age is about 73.
Is Malcom becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.