# Malek name report

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

## Summary
Malek ranked #1472 officially for boys in 2025. After combined spelling groups, it ranked #1251.

## Official spelling
- Rank: #1472
- Birth count: 121
- Rate per 10,000: 0.71

## Combined spelling group
- Group display: Malek
- Rank: #1251
- Birth count: 155
- Rate per 10,000: 0.91
- Official count multiplier: 1.28x

## Practical popularity
- Expected per class of 25: 0.00
- Expected per grade of 100: 0.00
- Expected per school of 300: 0.01
- Duplicate chance in grade of 100: 0.5%

## Trend
- Label: recently peaked
- Peak rate year: 2023
- Best rank year: 1997
- Latest rate as percent of peak: 74.6%

## Spelling components
- Malek: 121 births
- Maleek: 34 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://mybabyeta.com/babynames/methodology