Fun Facts About the Name Maalik
- 554 babies named Maalik: U.S. records list 554 babies given the name Maalik from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Maalik Mean?
Maalik is an Arabic name meaning "owner," "possessor," or "master." It represents the Arabic word mālik (مَالِك), the active participle of the verb malaka (مَلَكَ), "to own, to possess, to have authority over." The root م-ل-ك (m-l-k) also lies behind mulk, "dominion" or "kingdom," and malik (مَلِك), "king." The literal sense is "one who owns"; the customary English rendering as "master" or "lord" reflects the wider idea of authority the Arabic word carries.
Because mālik (owner) and malik (king) come from the same root but use different vowel patterns, English spellings such as Maalik and Malik can stand for either word. The doubled a in Maalik generally signals the long vowel of mālik. In Islamic tradition, both al-Mālik ("the Owner") and al-Malik ("the King") appear among the names of God.
Maalik Name History & Origins
Maalik belongs to the Arabic naming tradition and has been used since the earliest Islamic period. The angel Mālik is named in the Quran (43:77) as the keeper of the Fire, which gave the word a fixed place in Islamic religious vocabulary alongside its everyday sense of "owner." Among historical bearers, Mālik ibn Anas (about 711 - 795 CE), a jurist of Medina, is the namesake of the Maliki school of Islamic law, one of the four major Sunni legal schools. An earlier figure, Mālik ibn Nuwayra, was a tribal chief in Arabia during the wars that followed the death of the Prophet Muhammad in 632.
The name traveled with Arabic and Islam into North Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia. In Urdu and Hindi, mālik is an ordinary word for a landlord, employer, or boss, and it is also used there as a personal name. Turkish has the related form Melik. In English, the name is most often written Malik, with the spelling Maalik used to show the long Arabic vowel.
How Popular is the Name Maalik?
Maalik has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1995. Its best rank was #2,276 in 1995.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,484 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2024 | #8,069 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2023 | #9,424 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2022 | #13,574 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2021 | #8,576 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #9,221 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2019 | #5,705 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2018 | #10,335 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2017 | #6,947 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2016 | #5,946 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2015 | #6,171 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2014 | #5,896 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2013 | #6,114 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2012 | #5,881 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2011 | #7,311 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2010 | #6,584 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2009 | #4,529 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 2008 | #7,523 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 2007 | #5,586 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2006 | #7,244 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 2005 | #4,143 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 2004 | #4,208 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2003 | #5,441 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2002 | #4,270 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2001 | #4,059 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 2000 | #3,194 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 1999 | #3,544 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 1998 | #3,351 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 1997 | #2,952 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 1996 | #2,576 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 1995 | #2,276 | 35 | 0.0018% |
| 1994 | #3,698 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 1992 | #5,498 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1991 | #5,775 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1990 | #6,888 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #5,995 | 8 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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