Malaika
46
Babies in 2024
-53%
10-year change
2004
Peak · 170
+5%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Malaika
Malaika peaked among UK girls' names in the early 2000s (170 babies in 2004) and has remained in active use — 46 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Malaika reached its peak in 2004, when 170 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #256 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 46 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 2,262 girls have been officially registered with the name Malaika in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 655 girls were registered with the name, starting from 97 in 2014 and ending at 46 in 2024.