Fun Facts About the Name Malaki
- More than 4 thousand babies named Malaki: U.S. records list 4,787 babies given the name Malaki from 1880 through 2025. Even 5 girls received the name Malaki - about 1 girl for every 956 boys.
What Does the Name Malaki Mean?
Malaki is a spelling variant of Malachi, a name of Hebrew origin meaning "my messenger." It comes from the Hebrew מַלְאָכִי (Malʾāḵî), formed from malʾākh, "messenger," plus the first-person possessive ending -i, "my." Since the same Hebrew word also serves for "angel," the name is occasionally glossed as "my angel," but "messenger" is the literal sense.
Malaki is not related to the Irish name Malachy (Irish Máel Máedóc), which means "devotee of Máedóc," even though the two sound alike in English. Writing the Hebrew name with a final -ki is a direct transliteration of the Hebrew ending, and this form is used in several Bible translations.
Malaki Name History & Origins
The name stands at the head of the Book of Malachi, the last of the twelve minor prophets in the Hebrew Bible. The book opens, "The oracle of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi" (Malachi 1:1), but it records nothing else about a person of that name. Because malʾākh means "messenger," some readers have understood "Malachi" as a title rather than a personal name - "my messenger" - and whether the prophet bore a different personal name is a long-standing question that has never been settled.
The Greek Septuagint gives the book the title Malachias, and the Latin Vulgate uses Malachias as well. That Latin form is the route by which the name entered Christian use in Europe, and it developed into Malachi in English, Malachie in French, Malachia in Italian, and Malachias in Latin, German, and Finnish. The spelling Malaki is the form used for the prophet and his book in Hawaiian and Samoan translations of the Bible, and it is used as a given name in those communities. In English-speaking countries, Malaki is most often simply an alternative spelling of Malachi.
How Popular is the Name Malaki?
Malaki recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2007. Its best rank was #783 in 2007.
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 | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | #18,522 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,258 | 158 | 0.0093% |
| 2024 | #1,386 | 135 | 0.0079% |
| 2023 | #1,284 | 149 | 0.0087% |
| 2022 | #1,302 | 146 | 0.0084% |
| 2021 | #1,191 | 165 | 0.0094% |
| 2020 | #1,330 | 135 | 0.0078% |
| 2019 | #1,140 | 171 | 0.0095% |
| 2018 | #1,147 | 168 | 0.0093% |
| 2017 | #1,097 | 178 | 0.0096% |
| 2016 | #1,010 | 201 | 0.0106% |
| 2015 | #989 | 209 | 0.0109% |
| 2014 | #1,124 | 171 | 0.0089% |
| 2013 | #1,056 | 179 | 0.0095% |
| 2012 | #963 | 209 | 0.0110% |
| 2011 | #985 | 199 | 0.0105% |
| 2010 | #843 | 251 | 0.0131% |
| 2009 | #872 | 242 | 0.0122% |
| 2008 | #908 | 229 | 0.0112% |
| 2007 | #783 | 278 | 0.0134% |
| 2006 | #807 | 253 | 0.0123% |
| 2005 | #793 | 245 | 0.0123% |
| 2004 | #927 | 183 | 0.0092% |
| 2003 | #1,095 | 141 | 0.0071% |
| 2002 | #1,104 | 133 | 0.0069% |
| 2001 | #1,409 | 89 | 0.0046% |
| 2000 | #2,211 | 45 | 0.0023% |
| 1999 | #3,071 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 1998 | #3,258 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 1997 | #3,418 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 1996 | #4,312 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1995 | #6,755 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1992 | #5,955 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1991 | #7,876 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #8,981 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1989 | #8,734 | 5 | 0.0002% |
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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