Malcolm is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #528 for boy births in the United States, given to 1,257 babies. Malcolm first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1992 (1,495 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,257 | #528 |
| 2024 | 1,093 | #621 |
| 2023 | 1,131 | #587 |
| 2022 | 1,220 | #553 |
| 2021 | 1,230 | #545 |
| 2020 | 1,170 | #566 |
| 2019 | 1,022 | #649 |
| 2018 | 806 | #782 |
| 2017 | 814 | #782 |
| 2016 | 784 | #831 |
| 2015 | 741 | #847 |
| 2014 | 682 | #912 |
| 2013 | 650 | #915 |
| 2012 | 585 | #985 |
| 2011 | 525 | #1,049 |
| 2010 | 496 | #1,117 |
| 2009 | 432 | #1,262 |
| 2008 | 482 | #1,175 |
| 2007 | 453 | #1,212 |
| 2006 | 468 | #1,157 |
| 2005 | 448 | #1,161 |
| 2004 | 444 | #1,143 |
| 2003 | 507 | #1,026 |
| 2002 | 582 | #900 |
| 2001 | 614 | #862 |
| 2000 | 715 | #764 |
| 1999 | 712 | #749 |
| 1998 | 702 | #753 |
| 1997 | 766 | #697 |
| 1996 | 841 | #645 |
| 1995 | 887 | #611 |
| 1994 | 979 | #565 |
| 1993 | 1,225 | #475 |
| 1992 | 1,495 | #405 |
| 1991 | 1,306 | #449 |
| 1990 | 1,163 | #485 |
| 1989 | 905 | #568 |
| 1988 | 751 | #635 |
| 1987 | 638 | #691 |
| 1986 | 536 | #770 |
| 1985 | 386 | #948 |
| 1984 | 279 | #1,121 |
| 1983 | 221 | #1,283 |
| 1982 | 299 | #1,079 |
| 1981 | 275 | #1,139 |
| 1980 | 261 | #1,187 |
| 1979 | 295 | #1,084 |
| 1978 | 296 | #1,046 |
| 1977 | 325 | #982 |
| 1976 | 338 | #955 |
| 1975 | 367 | #889 |
| 1974 | 337 | #929 |
| 1973 | 395 | #843 |
| 1972 | 456 | #782 |
| 1971 | 525 | #758 |
| 1970 | 542 | #759 |
| 1969 | 441 | #826 |
| 1968 | 421 | #836 |
| 1967 | 430 | #807 |
| 1966 | 453 | #784 |
| 1965 | 614 | #662 |
| 1964 | 471 | #802 |
| 1963 | 485 | #781 |
| 1962 | 520 | #762 |
| 1961 | 526 | #760 |
| 1960 | 546 | #737 |
| 1959 | 500 | #763 |
| 1958 | 603 | #672 |
| 1957 | 562 | #701 |
| 1956 | 569 | #675 |
| 1955 | 593 | #646 |
| 1954 | 597 | #638 |
| 1953 | 551 | #659 |
| 1952 | 602 | #615 |
| 1951 | 593 | #605 |
| 1950 | 540 | #619 |
| 1949 | 520 | #630 |
| 1948 | 549 | #613 |
| 1947 | 630 | #572 |
| 1946 | 626 | #537 |
| 1945 | 511 | #559 |
| 1944 | 549 | #538 |
| 1943 | 679 | #487 |
| 1942 | 577 | #516 |
| 1941 | 497 | #538 |
| 1940 | 548 | #493 |
| 1939 | 522 | #500 |
| 1938 | 542 | #494 |
| 1937 | 502 | #507 |
| 1936 | 531 | #480 |
| 1935 | 545 | #486 |
| 1934 | 499 | #505 |
| 1933 | 525 | #486 |
| 1932 | 572 | #478 |
| 1931 | 589 | #467 |
| 1930 | 558 | #497 |
| 1929 | 604 | #472 |
| 1928 | 666 | #452 |
| 1927 | 622 | #484 |
| 1926 | 629 | #484 |
| 1925 | 627 | #482 |
| 1924 | 639 | #475 |
| 1923 | 623 | #470 |
| 1922 | 548 | #515 |
| 1921 | 599 | #497 |
| 1920 | 556 | #506 |
| 1919 | 504 | #520 |
| 1918 | 508 | #518 |
| 1917 | 544 | #472 |
| 1916 | 476 | #500 |
| 1915 | 464 | #495 |
| 1914 | 317 | #533 |
| 1913 | 293 | #493 |
| 1912 | 233 | #526 |
| 1911 | 140 | #547 |
| 1910 | 86 | #692 |
| 1909 | 83 | #646 |
| 1908 | 78 | #649 |
| 1907 | 54 | #771 |
| 1906 | 48 | #794 |
| 1905 | 65 | #662 |
| 1904 | 46 | #767 |
| 1903 | 48 | #729 |
| 1902 | 52 | #684 |
| 1901 | 35 | #812 |
| 1900 | 55 | #731 |
| 1899 | 35 | #802 |
| 1898 | 40 | #777 |
| 1897 | 30 | #887 |
| 1896 | 48 | #673 |
| 1895 | 33 | #836 |
| 1894 | 34 | #785 |
| 1893 | 27 | #876 |
| 1892 | 30 | #837 |
| 1891 | 31 | #760 |
| 1890 | 27 | #839 |
| 1889 | 27 | #814 |
| 1888 | 26 | #846 |
| 1887 | 21 | #845 |
| 1886 | 25 | #775 |
| 1885 | 14 | #1,084 |
| 1884 | 18 | #919 |
| 1883 | 23 | #743 |
| 1882 | 20 | #817 |
| 1881 | 17 | #826 |
| 1880 | 18 | #816 |