Meaning and history
Malik is an Arabic name meaning "king." It is widely used throughout the Muslim world and is also one of the traditional divine titles in Islam. A separate Greenlandic name has the same spelling. Notable bearers include musician Malik Yusef, basketball player Malik Monk and actor Malik Yoba.
20062006: 1,191 births, rank #289
2007: 1,255 births, rank #273
2008: 1,218 births, rank #280
2009: 1,359 births, rank #255
2010: 1,192 births, rank #283
20112011: 988 births, rank #322
2012: 913 births, rank #340
2013: 940 births, rank #341
2014: 842 births, rank #372
2015: 862 births, rank #375
20162016: 844 births, rank #382
2017: 869 births, rank #378
2018: 874 births, rank #373
2019: 886 births, rank #363
2020: 838 births, rank #373
20212021: 810 births, rank #392
2022: 808 births, rank #394
2023: 835 births, rank #383
2024: 740 births, rank #428
20252025: 724 births, rank #437
Malik moved from #428 to #437 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1996, with 4,026 births.