Malcolm
A boys’ name of Scottish Gaelic origin, meaning devotee of Saint Columba.
How Malcolm has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #421 |
| 2016 | #408 |
| 2017 | #393 |
| 2018 | #394 |
| 2019 | #326 |
| 2020 | #290 |
| 2021 | #281 |
| 2022 | #285 |
| 2023 | #292 |
| 2024 | #314 |
| 2025 | #272 |
Malcolm by the numbers
In 2025, 21 babies in England and Wales were named Malcolm. In the US, 804 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 1,495 babies in 1992, making it a 1990s name.
At its height, in 1990, about 1 in 1,900 American boys born that year was called Malcolm.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Malcolm. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean holiness
Like Malcolm, each of these has holiness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Christianfollower of christ; anointed one7,058 in the US (2017)
- SantiagoSaint James4,193 in the US (2017)
- Sydneywide meadow or saint Denis2,047 in the US (2017)
- Messiahanointed one; the savior2,009 in the US (2017)
- ThiagoSaint James1,765 in the US (2017)
- Santinolittle saint; a form of Santo444 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Malcolm
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