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Malique

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Malique is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 24 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
240.00% of boys
Peak year
1998133 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1989
1,941people given the name
Babies named Malique, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,941 boys have been named Malique in the United States since 1989, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1998, with 133 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2003, and the 2000s alone account for 41%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Malique
1980s6
1990s661
2000s792
2010s371
2020s111

In 1998, its biggest year

Malique was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1998 were Michael, Jacob, Matthew, Joshua and Christopher. See all of 1998.

Names that rose and fell with Malique

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.