# Malik name report

Canonical URL: https://babynameranks.com/name/m/malik
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration public baby-name records
Latest year: 2025

## Summary
Malik ranked #437 officially for boys in 2025. After combined spelling groups, it ranked #424.

## Official spelling
- Rank: #437
- Birth count: 724
- Rate per 10,000: 4.24

## Combined spelling group
- Group display: Malik
- Rank: #424
- Birth count: 757
- Rate per 10,000: 4.43
- Official count multiplier: 1.05x

## Practical popularity
- Expected per class of 25: 0.01
- Expected per grade of 100: 0.02
- Expected per school of 300: 0.07
- Duplicate chance in grade of 100: 2.2%

## Trend
- Label: past peak
- Peak rate year: 1996
- Best rank year: 1996
- Latest rate as percent of peak: 20.6%

## Spelling components
- Malik: 724 births
- Malick: 22 births
- Maalik: 11 births

## Methodology notes
- Official SSA ranks treat each spelling separately.
- Combined ranks group spelling variants and recompute ranks by sex.
- State combined counts may be lower bounds when rare state spellings are suppressed.
- Full methodology: https://babynameranks.com/methodology