Malik

Malik

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Arabic

Meaning

Malik, Maleek, Malek or Malyk is a given name of West Asian Semitic origin.

From Wikipedia

Malik first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2015 with 97 babies (rank #426 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Malik

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Malik yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

1Destiny numberThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
9PersonalityThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

1,291

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Malik

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1996	44	#448
1997	58	#390
1998	33	#564
1999	45	#468
2000	45	#456
2001	48	#446
2002	44	#496
2003	47	#513
2004	52	#505
2005	43	#622
2006	60	#510
2007	65	#504
2008	51	#620
2009	69	#511
2010	65	#534
2011	77	#482
2012	90	#443
2013	91	#443
2014	83	#481
2015	97	#426
2016	81	#505

Year

Babies

Rank

1996

#448

1997

#390

1998

#564

1999

#468

2000

#456

2001

#446

2002

#496

2003

#513

2004

#505

2005

#622

2006

#510

2007

#504

2008

#620

2009

#511

2010

#534

2011

#482

2012

#443

2013

#443

2014

#481

2015

#426

2016