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Malaquias

100% boys · 8 born in 2025

Malaquias has been given to about 152 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2024, which makes it a current name.

Meaning—
Origin—
Syllables3
Pronunciation—
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Living in the US≈ 149
Median age today7 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Malaquias per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year2024 · 17
  • Born in 20258
  • All time152

How popular is Malaquias?

Its best year was 2024, when 17 babies were given the name, ranking 5574th. The typical living American called Malaquias is about 7 years old today.

Names that sound like Malaquias

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Marquis0.63
  2. Matias0.61
  3. Mathias0.61
  4. Matthias0.61
  5. Malakai0.57
  6. Malaki0.57
  7. Isaias0.52
  8. Malachi0.51

Middle names for Malaquias

Ranked by flow score
  1. Malaquias John0.79
  2. Malaquias Lee0.79
  3. Malaquias Dean0.78
  4. Malaquias Bryce0.78
  5. Malaquias Ross0.78
  6. Malaquias Quinn0.78

Sibling names for Malaquias

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Asaiahbrother · 0.83
  2. Elowensister · 0.83
  3. Azaiahbrother · 0.83
  4. Kaisenbrother · 0.83
  5. Alaiyasister · 0.82
  6. Xylasister · 0.82

Where Malaquias is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Malaquias White0.74
    2. Malaquias Reyes0.74
    3. Malaquias Nguyen0.74
    4. Malaquias Lee0.74
    5. Malaquias Hill0.74
    6. Malaquias Green0.74

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Malaquias

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.