Malik: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced muh-LEEK · 2 syllables

From Arabic (malik) and (malik, “Leader”).

How popular is Malik?

Malik was the #437 name in the US in 2025, given to 724 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 1990.

Babies named Malik in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1990).

Half of US adults named Malik are older than 28; most are between 19 and 45. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Malik have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Malik is pronounced muh-LEEK.

Malik was the #437 name in the US in 2025, given to 724 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 1990.

Half of US adults named Malik are older than 28. Most are between 19 and 45.