Meaning and history
Malachi is a Hebrew name, מַלְאָכִי (Malʾaḵi), meaning “my messenger” or “my angel,” from a possessive form of מַלְאָךְ (malʾaḵ), “messenger, angel.” It is also the name of one of the twelve minor prophets of the Old Testament, traditionally regarded as the author of the Book of Malachi, which some interpret as foretelling the coming of Christ. The name appears only once, at the beginning of the book, so it may not be a personal name at all but simply the phrase “my angel.” In England, it came into use after the Protestant Reformation.
20062006: 2,776 births, rank #150
2007: 2,710 births, rank #155
2008: 2,459 births, rank #160
2009: 2,352 births, rank #166
2010: 2,416 births, rank #161
20112011: 2,353 births, rank #163
2012: 2,329 births, rank #167
2013: 2,337 births, rank #174
2014: 2,400 births, rank #178
2015: 2,602 births, rank #158
20162016: 2,634 births, rank #154
2017: 2,549 births, rank #153
2018: 2,514 births, rank #154
2019: 2,454 births, rank #160
2020: 2,402 births, rank #156
20212021: 2,324 births, rank #167
2022: 2,307 births, rank #161
2023: 2,482 births, rank #146
2024: 2,424 births, rank #149
20252025: 2,692 births, rank #134
Malachi rose from #149 to #134 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2006, with 2,776 births.