Fun Facts About the Name Malakhi
- More than 3 thousand babies named Malakhi: U.S. records list 3,041 babies given the name Malakhi from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Malakhi Mean?
Malakhi is a spelling variant of the biblical name Malachi, which comes from Hebrew Malʾāḵî (מַלְאָכִי). The name joins the noun malʾāḵ (מַלְאָךְ), meaning messenger or angel, to the first-person singular suffix -î (־ִי), meaning my, so its literal sense is my messenger. Because the messenger in the biblical book carries God's word, the name is also broadly understood as messenger of God, a customary interpretation rather than a word-for-word rendering. The spelling Malakhi reflects the Hebrew letters more directly than the common English Malachi, using kh for the letter khaf (כ) and a final i for the possessive ending.
Malakhi Name History & Origins
The name belongs to the prophet of the last book in the Hebrew Bible's collection of Latter Prophets, where the opening verse presents the book as the word of the LORD to Israel through Malachi. The same Hebrew letters can also be read as by my messenger, so some readers, ancient and modern, have taken Malachi as a title for an unnamed prophet rather than a personal name. The Babylonian Talmud (Megillah 15a) preserves the opinion that the prophet was really Ezra, the Aramaic Targum Jonathan identifies Malachi with Ezra the scribe, and another tradition names Mordecai. Rabbinic sources place the prophet after Haggai and Zechariah, during the Persian period of the Second Temple.
English received the name by way of the Greek Malachias (Μαλαχίας) and the Latin Malachias of the Vulgate, which produced the standard English form Malachi. Malakhi is a separate transliteration of the same Hebrew name, written to mirror the Hebrew spelling and the kh sound of khaf. Both spellings serve as given names in English-speaking countries, and the Hebrew form Malʾāḵî is also used as a name in modern Hebrew.
How Popular is the Name Malakhi?
Malakhi recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2019. Its best rank was #921 in 2019.
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 | #1,439 | 125 | 0.0073% |
| 2024 | #1,312 | 148 | 0.0086% |
| 2023 | #1,145 | 183 | 0.0107% |
| 2022 | #1,141 | 183 | 0.0105% |
| 2021 | #1,162 | 171 | 0.0098% |
| 2020 | #1,044 | 194 | 0.0112% |
| 2019 | #921 | 238 | 0.0133% |
| 2018 | #1,171 | 164 | 0.0090% |
| 2017 | #1,115 | 173 | 0.0093% |
| 2016 | #1,094 | 180 | 0.0095% |
| 2015 | #1,337 | 132 | 0.0069% |
| 2014 | #1,501 | 108 | 0.0056% |
| 2013 | #1,454 | 114 | 0.0060% |
| 2012 | #1,874 | 78 | 0.0041% |
| 2011 | #1,456 | 113 | 0.0060% |
| 2010 | #1,683 | 92 | 0.0048% |
| 2009 | #1,345 | 129 | 0.0065% |
| 2008 | #1,637 | 95 | 0.0047% |
| 2007 | #1,646 | 94 | 0.0045% |
| 2006 | #1,868 | 73 | 0.0036% |
| 2005 | #1,684 | 80 | 0.0040% |
| 2004 | #2,091 | 57 | 0.0029% |
| 2003 | #2,337 | 46 | 0.0023% |
| 2002 | #2,582 | 38 | 0.0020% |
| 2001 | #5,053 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2000 | #7,917 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1999 | #6,330 | 10 | 0.0005% |
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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