Malaika is an uncommon girls' name that peaked in 2006 and remains in steady use.
Malaika is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #2,344 for girl births in the United States (and #4,213 across all names), given to 78 babies. Malaika first appears in 1968 and peaked in 2006 (86 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 78 | 78 | #2,344 |
| 2024 | 86 | 86 | #2,210 |
| 2023 | 72 | 72 | #2,483 |
| 2022 | 67 | 67 | #2,623 |
| 2021 | 75 | 75 | #2,406 |
| 2020 | 62 | 62 | #2,702 |
| 2019 | 52 | 52 | #3,120 |
| 2018 | 66 | 66 | #2,636 |
| 2017 | 69 | 69 | #2,563 |
| 2016 | 57 | 57 | #2,953 |
| 2015 | 63 | 63 | #2,798 |
| 2014 | 58 | 58 | #2,963 |
| 2013 | 53 | 53 | #3,108 |
| 2012 | 49 | 49 | #3,347 |
| 2011 | 62 | 62 | #2,824 |
| 2010 | 69 | 69 | #2,631 |
| 2009 | 61 | 61 | #2,875 |
| 2008 | 51 | 51 | #3,300 |
| 2007 | 69 | 69 | #2,670 |
| 2006 | 86 | 86 | #2,241 |
| 2005 | 74 | 74 | #2,397 |
| 2004 | 85 | 85 | #2,128 |
| 2003 | 72 | 72 | #2,335 |
| 2002 | 66 | 66 | #2,438 |
| 2001 | 60 | 60 | #2,556 |
| 2000 | 57 | 57 | #2,623 |
| 1999 | 47 | 47 | #2,880 |
| 1998 | 28 | 28 | #4,093 |
| 1997 | 29 | — | #3,864 |
| 1996 | 41 | — | #2,937 |
| 1995 | 34 | — | #3,332 |
| 1994 | 39 | — | #3,019 |
| 1993 | 36 | — | #3,199 |
| 1992 | 29 | — | #3,741 |
| 1991 | 20 | — | #4,924 |
| 1990 | 28 | — | #3,773 |
| 1989 | 15 | — | #5,721 |
| 1988 | 17 | — | #4,974 |
| 1987 | 18 | — | #4,597 |
| 1986 | 17 | — | #4,655 |
| 1985 | 10 | — | #6,752 |
| 1984 | 15 | — | #4,880 |
| 1983 | 16 | — | #4,595 |
| 1982 | 20 | — | #3,966 |
| 1981 | 19 | — | #4,098 |
| 1980 | 27 | — | #3,178 |
| 1979 | 29 | — | #2,967 |
| 1978 | 30 | — | #2,773 |
| 1977 | 35 | — | #2,496 |
| 1976 | 26 | — | #2,909 |
| 1975 | 36 | — | #2,308 |
| 1974 | 43 | — | #1,986 |
| 1973 | 59 | — | #1,582 |
| 1972 | 72 | — | #1,390 |
| 1971 | 56 | — | #1,654 |
| 1970 | 37 | — | #2,184 |
| 1969 | 7 | — | #6,348 |
| 1968 | 8 | — | #5,449 |