Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys
Origin: EnglishMalachi is a male given name of Hebrew origin מַלְאָכִי meaning "my messenger". The name is popularized by the Jewish prophet Malachi in the Bible.
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Malachi yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Malachi has not moved at all: 0% change over ten years, the flattest reading in these four batches, ahead even of Jonah's marginal decline. It records 2,404 births at rank 149, against 2,776 births at its 2006 high, with its strongest placing of 146 coming as recently as 2023. Present since 1880, 63,291 births accumulated, and no namesakes listed whatsoever. For a minor prophet with a book of the Bible to his name, that absence is odd, and it reflects a general gap in the enrichment data around biblical figures who are not also historical celebrities. Total stability across a decade is genuinely rare in this dataset; most names are visibly rising or falling, and Malachi is doing neither.
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Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 10 | #624 |
| 1881 | 5 | #960 |
| 1882 | 8 | #733 |
| 1885 | 7 | #813 |
| 1886 | 8 | #734 |
| 1887 | 7 | #801 |
| 1888 | 7 | #881 |
| 1889 | 6 | #943 |
| 1890 | 8 | #791 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,065 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,185 |
| 1894 | 6 | #1,036 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,019 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,427 |
| 1902 | 8 | #899 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,234 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,156 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,353 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,469 |
| 1908 | 10 | #928 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,226 |
| 1910 | 12 | #970 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,664 |
| 1912 | 17 | #1,161 |
| 1913 | 21 | #1,135 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,830 |
| 1915 | 19 | #1,640 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,215 |
| 1917 | 18 | #1,786 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,231 |
| 1919 | 23 | #1,564 |
| 1920 | 21 | #1,730 |
| 1921 | 18 | #1,954 |
| 1922 | 26 | #1,488 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,086 |
| 1924 | 20 | #1,818 |
| 1925 | 22 | #1,658 |
| 1926 | 22 | #1,641 |
| 1927 | 17 | #2,001 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,342 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,699 |
| 1930 | 18 | #1,791 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,282 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,158 |
| 1933 | 22 | #1,485 |
| 1934 | 18 | #1,708 |
| 1935 | 21 | #1,523 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,138 |
| 1937 | 15 | #1,887 |
| 1938 | 19 | #1,593 |
| 1939 | 22 | #1,444 |
| 1940 | 24 | #1,387 |
| 1941 | 16 | #1,798 |
| 1942 | 22 | #1,517 |
| 1943 | 17 | #1,804 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,267 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,085 |
| 1946 | 25 | #1,427 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,132 |
| 1948 | 23 | #1,543 |
| 1949 | 19 | #1,738 |
| 1950 | 20 | #1,686 |
| 1951 | 18 | #1,811 |
| 1952 | 17 | #1,909 |
| 1953 | 11 | #2,477 |
| 1954 | 14 | #2,173 |
| 1955 | 13 | #2,277 |
| 1956 | 20 | #1,798 |
| 1957 | 15 | #2,155 |
| 1958 | 16 | #2,073 |
| 1959 | 11 | #2,615 |
| 1960 | 11 | #2,631 |
| 1961 | 17 | #2,043 |
| 1962 | 16 | #2,090 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,414 |
| 1964 | 13 | #2,375 |
| 1965 | 8 | #3,146 |
| 1966 | 5 | #4,313 |
| 1967 | 5 | #4,333 |
| 1968 | 11 | #2,678 |
| 1969 | 17 | #2,099 |
| 1970 | 24 | #1,830 |
| 1971 | 31 | #1,583 |
| 1972 | 20 | #2,052 |
| 1973 | 31 | #1,572 |
| 1974 | 35 | #1,489 |
| 1975 | 53 | #1,163 |
| 1976 | 44 | #1,341 |
| 1977 | 49 | #1,282 |
| 1978 | 41 | #1,462 |
| 1979 | 62 | #1,148 |
| 1980 | 62 | #1,161 |
| 1981 | 44 | #1,445 |
| 1982 | 51 | #1,315 |
| 1983 | 68 | #1,087 |
| 1984 | 67 | #1,105 |
| 1985 | 75 | #1,074 |
| 1986 | 83 | #1,019 |
| 1987 | 92 | #995 |
| 1988 | 90 | #1,045 |
| 1989 | 114 | #959 |
| 1990 | 119 | #955 |
| 1991 | 149 | #857 |
| 1992 | 178 | #787 |
| 1993 | 247 | #655 |
| 1994 | 271 | #631 |
| 1995 | 359 | #531 |
| 1996 | 414 | #504 |
| 1997 | 505 | #443 |
| 1998 | 577 | #413 |
| 1999 | 706 | #369 |
| 2000 | 767 | #351 |
| 2001 | 1,325 | #253 |
| 2002 | 1,673 | #210 |
| 2003 | 1,919 | #194 |
| 2004 | 2,246 | #179 |
| 2005 | 2,553 | #161 |
| 2006 | 2,776 | #150 |
| 2007 | 2,710 | #155 |
| 2008 | 2,457 | #160 |
| 2009 | 2,352 | #166 |
| 2010 | 2,415 | #161 |
| 2011 | 2,351 | #163 |
| 2012 | 2,326 | #167 |
| 2013 | 2,335 | #174 |
| 2014 | 2,397 | #178 |
| 2015 | 2,601 | #160 |
| 2016 | 2,634 | #154 |
| 2017 | 2,546 | #153 |
| 2018 | 2,510 | #154 |
| 2019 | 2,453 | #160 |
| 2020 | 2,400 | #156 |
| 2021 | 2,320 | #167 |
| 2022 | 2,303 | #161 |
| 2023 | 2,478 | #146 |
| 2024 | 2,404 | #149 |
