Malcom is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1992 and has grown less common since.
Malcom is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,775 for boy births in the United States (and #3,786 across all names), given to 91 babies. Malcom first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1992 (186 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 91 | 91 | #1,775 |
| 2024 | 95 | 95 | #1,749 |
| 2023 | 90 | 90 | #1,797 |
| 2022 | 83 | 83 | #1,902 |
| 2021 | 74 | 74 | #2,020 |
| 2020 | 81 | 81 | #1,840 |
| 2019 | 80 | 80 | #1,879 |
| 2018 | 48 | 48 | #2,628 |
| 2017 | 39 | 39 | #3,049 |
| 2016 | 39 | 39 | #3,041 |
| 2015 | 49 | 49 | #2,552 |
| 2014 | 26 | 26 | #3,973 |
| 2013 | 40 | 40 | #2,880 |
| 2012 | 44 | 44 | #2,748 |
| 2011 | 49 | 49 | #2,534 |
| 2010 | 45 | 45 | #2,713 |
| 2009 | 30 | 30 | #3,606 |
| 2008 | 58 | 58 | #2,282 |
| 2007 | 63 | 69 | #2,156 |
| 2006 | 59 | 59 | #2,198 |
| 2005 | 47 | 47 | #2,454 |
| 2004 | 61 | 61 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 50 | 50 | #2,194 |
| 2002 | 65 | 65 | #1,781 |
| 2001 | 62 | 62 | #1,808 |
| 2000 | 59 | 59 | #1,826 |
| 1999 | 80 | 80 | #1,452 |
| 1998 | 78 | 78 | #1,455 |
| 1997 | 101 | — | #1,186 |
| 1996 | 89 | — | #1,254 |
| 1995 | 82 | — | #1,304 |
| 1994 | 114 | — | #1,046 |
| 1993 | 124 | — | #971 |
| 1992 | 186 | — | #767 |
| 1991 | 139 | — | #896 |
| 1990 | 137 | — | #880 |
| 1989 | 107 | — | #989 |
| 1988 | 81 | — | #1,115 |
| 1987 | 66 | — | #1,190 |
| 1986 | 70 | — | #1,130 |
| 1985 | 34 | — | #1,779 |
| 1984 | 34 | — | #1,709 |
| 1983 | 18 | — | #2,631 |
| 1982 | 28 | — | #1,971 |
| 1981 | 31 | — | #1,840 |
| 1980 | 23 | — | #2,259 |
| 1979 | 33 | — | #1,739 |
| 1978 | 39 | — | #1,494 |
| 1977 | 31 | — | #1,729 |
| 1976 | 32 | — | #1,663 |
| 1975 | 28 | — | #1,771 |
| 1974 | 42 | — | #1,326 |
| 1973 | 29 | — | #1,637 |
| 1972 | 43 | — | #1,278 |
| 1971 | 34 | — | #1,486 |
| 1970 | 37 | — | #1,389 |
| 1969 | 31 | — | #1,455 |
| 1968 | 27 | — | #1,534 |
| 1967 | 30 | — | #1,401 |
| 1966 | 49 | — | #1,053 |
| 1965 | 69 | — | #887 |
| 1964 | 44 | — | #1,169 |
| 1963 | 51 | — | #1,075 |
| 1962 | 47 | — | #1,132 |
| 1961 | 47 | — | #1,155 |
| 1960 | 54 | — | #1,052 |
| 1959 | 55 | — | #1,042 |
| 1958 | 64 | — | #955 |
| 1957 | 63 | — | #960 |
| 1956 | 64 | — | #939 |
| 1955 | 57 | — | #998 |
| 1954 | 53 | — | #1,033 |
| 1953 | 48 | — | #1,049 |
| 1952 | 42 | — | #1,143 |
| 1951 | 41 | — | #1,130 |
| 1950 | 42 | — | #1,098 |
| 1949 | 37 | — | #1,175 |
| 1948 | 29 | — | #1,371 |
| 1947 | 20 | — | #1,716 |
| 1946 | 29 | — | #1,321 |
| 1945 | 31 | — | #1,196 |
| 1944 | 20 | — | #1,562 |
| 1943 | 35 | — | #1,165 |
| 1942 | 27 | — | #1,346 |
| 1941 | 35 | — | #1,121 |
| 1940 | 35 | — | #1,122 |
| 1939 | 31 | — | #1,185 |
| 1938 | 37 | — | #1,071 |
| 1937 | 24 | — | #1,392 |
| 1936 | 28 | — | #1,261 |
| 1935 | 32 | — | #1,180 |
| 1934 | 23 | — | #1,453 |
| 1933 | 43 | — | #975 |
| 1932 | 33 | — | #1,194 |
| 1931 | 41 | — | #1,057 |
| 1930 | 40 | — | #1,106 |
| 1929 | 40 | — | #1,104 |
| 1928 | 53 | — | #933 |
| 1927 | 45 | — | #1,052 |
| 1926 | 42 | — | #1,105 |
| 1925 | 43 | — | #1,063 |
| 1924 | 44 | — | #1,084 |
| 1923 | 30 | — | #1,348 |
| 1922 | 42 | — | #1,096 |
| 1921 | 43 | — | #1,082 |
| 1920 | 48 | — | #997 |
| 1919 | 29 | — | #1,337 |
| 1918 | 32 | — | #1,249 |
| 1917 | 34 | — | #1,163 |
| 1916 | 30 | — | #1,232 |
| 1915 | 28 | — | #1,256 |
| 1914 | 21 | — | #1,329 |
| 1913 | 21 | — | #1,136 |
| 1912 | 24 | — | #928 |
| 1911 | 10 | — | #1,171 |
| 1910 | 13 | — | #911 |
| 1909 | 9 | — | #1,057 |
| 1908 | 7 | — | #1,176 |
| 1907 | 5 | — | #1,470 |
| 1905 | 6 | — | #1,181 |
| 1904 | 8 | — | #932 |
| 1898 | 7 | — | #955 |
| 1897 | 5 | — | #1,170 |
| 1896 | 5 | — | #1,202 |
| 1894 | 8 | — | #833 |
| 1885 | 5 | — | #1,031 |
| 1884 | 6 | — | #927 |
| 1883 | 6 | — | #853 |
| 1882 | 5 | — | #1,036 |
| 1880 | 5 | — | #1,008 |