Malakai
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning my messenger; variant of Malachi.
How Malakai has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #491 |
| 2016 | #427 |
| 2017 | #394 |
| 2018 | #383 |
| 2019 | #313 |
| 2020 | #285 |
| 2021 | #256 |
| 2022 | #231 |
| 2023 | #226 |
| 2024 | #233 |
| 2025 | #213 |
Malakai by the numbers
In 2025, 118 babies in England and Wales were named Malakai. In the US, 804 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Other names that come from Malachi
Like Malakai, each of these traces back to Malachi: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Malakai. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Malakimy messenger; a form of Malachi177 in the US (2017)
- Malakhimy messenger; a form of Malachi173 in the US (2017)
- Malikaimy messenger; a modern respelling of Malachi106 in the US (2017)
- Malacaimessenger of god; a form of malachi15 in the US (2017)
- Malakhaimy messenger; a form of Malachi3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Malekai13 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Malakai
Names that are said the same way as Malakai, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a messenger
Like Malakai, each of these has a messenger in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Angelmessenger of God6,157 in the US (2017)
- Malachimy messenger or my king2,514 in the US (2017)
- Angelomessenger or angel; from angelos1,020 in the US (2017)
- Deaconmessenger; from diakonos575 in the US (2017)
- UrielGod is my light; angel name558 in the US (2017)
- RaphaelGod heals; angel name368 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Malakai
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