Malaki is an uncommon variant of Malik that peaked in 2007 and has grown less common since.
Malaki is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,258 for boy births in the United States (and #2,606 across all names), given to 158 babies. Malaki first appears in 1989 and peaked in 2007 (278 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 158 | 158 | — | #1,258 |
| 2024 | 137 | 137 | — | #1,378 |
| 2023 | 150 | 150 | — | #1,284 |
| 2022 | 146 | 146 | — | #1,303 |
| 2021 | 165 | 165 | — | #1,193 |
| 2020 | 135 | 135 | — | #1,332 |
| 2019 | 171 | 171 | — | #1,140 |
| 2018 | 168 | 168 | — | #1,148 |
| 2017 | 178 | 178 | — | #1,097 |
| 2016 | 202 | 202 | — | #1,009 |
| 2015 | 209 | 209 | — | #990 |
| 2014 | 171 | 171 | — | #1,124 |
| 2013 | 179 | 179 | — | #1,057 |
| 2012 | 209 | 209 | — | #963 |
| 2011 | 204 | 204 | #18,523 | #986 |
| 2010 | 251 | 251 | — | #843 |
| 2009 | 242 | 242 | — | #873 |
| 2008 | 229 | 229 | — | #908 |
| 2007 | 278 | 278 | — | #783 |
| 2006 | 253 | 253 | — | #807 |
| 2005 | 245 | 245 | — | #793 |
| 2004 | 183 | 183 | — | #927 |
| 2003 | 141 | 141 | — | #1,095 |
| 2002 | 133 | 133 | — | #1,104 |
| 2001 | 89 | 89 | — | #1,409 |
| 2000 | 45 | 45 | — | #2,211 |
| 1999 | 27 | 27 | — | #3,071 |
| 1998 | 24 | 24 | — | #3,258 |
| 1997 | 21 | — | — | #3,418 |
| 1996 | 15 | — | — | #4,312 |
| 1995 | 8 | — | — | #6,754 |
| 1992 | 9 | — | — | #5,956 |
| 1991 | 6 | — | — | #7,875 |
| 1990 | 5 | — | — | #8,983 |
| 1989 | 5 | — | — | #8,734 |