Malikai Boy

How popular is Malikai?

#1,409 boy name in 2025

129 baby boys were named Malikai in the US in 2025, making it the 1409th most popular boy name.

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2,074living people named Malikai (est.)
8median age of people named Malikai
2,088babies named Malikai since 1880
1 in 25,700US babies born in 2025

Malikai popularity over time

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Boys Girls

Rank in 2025#1,409 for boys (▼ 77 from 2024)
Babies in 2025129 boys
10-year trendRising fast (+68% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#1,895 in 2015, #1,271 in 2020
Peak year2022 (148 boys)
Highest rank#1,271 in 2020
First recorded1997
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)100% boys, 0% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Where Malikai is most popular

Babies named Malikai per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.

  1. Kentucky: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 boys)
  2. Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (90 boys)
  3. Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (48 boys)
  4. North Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (24 boys)
  5. Oregon: 0.1 per 1,000 (7 boys)

Malikai by decade

DecadeBaby boysBest rank
1990s6#8,104
2000s433#1,941
2010s814#1,354
2020s830#1,271

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Questions

Is Malikai a boy or girl name?
Malikai is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Malikai were boys.
How popular is the name Malikai?
129 baby boys were named Malikai in the US in 2025, making it the 1409th most popular boy name.
When was Malikai most popular?
Malikai peaked in 2022, when 148 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,271 in 2020.
How many people are named Malikai?
2,088 babies have been named Malikai in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,074 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
Where is Malikai most popular?
From 2021 to 2025, Malikai was most common in Kentucky, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.

Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.