Boy · #272 in 2025

Malcolm

Malcolm: popularity and trends since 1880

Rank
#272
Born 2025
1,257
Peak year
1992

Popularity, 1880–2025

per 100,000 boys born

Malcolm per 100,000 boys born, by year. Peak: 1992. Gaps are years with fewer than five births, which SSA does not publish. Source: SSA, 1880–2025.

Recent trend

Malcolm has been rising: its share of boys born has grown over the last 10 years. It now stands at 98% of its 1992 peak.

Sounds good with

Names of the other sex that are about as common right now, so two siblings' names do not sound a generation apart.