Meaning not yet researched.
Malcom: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 91 in 2025. Its best rank was #767 in 1992.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #767 in 1992; #1,775 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Malcom in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,775 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1992, at #767.
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Malcom: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 91 boys in 2025. Peak: #767 in 1992 · most boys in one year: 186 (1992).
In 2025, 91 US boys were named Malcom, making it the 1,775th most common boys’ name of the year, down 26 places from #1,749 in 2024. That is 4 fewer than the 95 boys named Malcom in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #767, reached in 1992. That year also had the most boys given the name: 186. For comparison, it was #2,552 in 2015 and #1,098 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Malcom in 130 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 5 babies. In all, 5,864 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1990s, with 1,130 babies named Malcom.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 720 US boys were named Malcom; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 95. In 2025 that was about 1 in 18,770 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Malcom ranked highest in Iowa in 2025, at #551 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Malcolm (70,328 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Malcome, Malcum and Malkom are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Malcome (96), Malcum (47), Malkom (6), Malcohm (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Malcom in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 47 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | 6 | #551 | — |
| Florida | 5 | #2,003 | — |
| California | 7 | #2,120 | #2,445 |
| Texas | 5 | #2,814 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 91 | #1,775 |
| 2024 | — | — | 95 | #1,749 |
| 2023 | — | — | 90 | #1,797 |
| 2022 | — | — | 83 | #1,902 |
| 2021 | — | — | 74 | #2,020 |
| 2020 | — | — | 81 | #1,840 |
| 2019 | — | — | 80 | #1,879 |
| 2018 | — | — | 48 | #2,628 |
| 2017 | — | — | 39 | #3,049 |
| 2016 | — | — | 39 | #3,041 |
| 2015 | — | — | 49 | #2,552 |
| 2014 | — | — | 26 | #3,973 |
| 2013 | — | — | 40 | #2,880 |
| 2012 | — | — | 44 | #2,748 |
| 2011 | — | — | 49 | #2,534 |
| 2010 | — | — | 45 | #2,713 |
| 2009 | — | — | 30 | #3,606 |
| 2008 | — | — | 58 | #2,282 |
| 2007 | — | — | 63 | #2,156 |
| 2006 | — | — | 59 | #2,198 |
| 2005 | — | — | 47 | #2,454 |
| 2004 | — | — | 61 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | — | — | 50 | #2,194 |
| 2002 | — | — | 65 | #1,781 |
| 2001 | — | — | 62 | #1,808 |
| 2000 | — | — | 59 | #1,826 |
| 1999 | — | — | 80 | #1,452 |
| 1998 | — | — | 78 | #1,455 |
| 1997 | — | — | 101 | #1,186 |
| 1996 | — | — | 89 | #1,254 |
| 1995 | — | — | 82 | #1,304 |
| 1994 | — | — | 114 | #1,046 |
| 1993 | — | — | 124 | #971 |
| 1992 | — | — | 186 | #767 |
| 1991 | — | — | 139 | #896 |
| 1990 | — | — | 137 | #880 |
| 1989 | — | — | 107 | #989 |
| 1988 | — | — | 81 | #1,115 |
| 1987 | — | — | 66 | #1,190 |
| 1986 | — | — | 70 | #1,130 |
| 1985 | — | — | 34 | #1,779 |
| 1984 | — | — | 34 | #1,709 |
| 1983 | — | — | 18 | #2,631 |
| 1982 | — | — | 28 | #1,971 |
| 1981 | — | — | 31 | #1,840 |
| 1980 | — | — | 23 | #2,259 |
| 1979 | — | — | 33 | #1,739 |
| 1978 | — | — | 39 | #1,494 |
| 1977 | — | — | 31 | #1,729 |
| 1976 | — | — | 32 | #1,663 |
| 1975 | — | — | 28 | #1,771 |
| 1974 | — | — | 42 | #1,326 |
| 1973 | — | — | 29 | #1,637 |
| 1972 | — | — | 43 | #1,278 |
| 1971 | — | — | 34 | #1,486 |
| 1970 | — | — | 37 | #1,389 |
| 1969 | — | — | 31 | #1,455 |
| 1968 | — | — | 27 | #1,534 |
| 1967 | — | — | 30 | #1,401 |
| 1966 | — | — | 49 | #1,053 |
| 1965 | — | — | 69 | #887 |
| 1964 | — | — | 44 | #1,169 |
| 1963 | — | — | 51 | #1,075 |
| 1962 | — | — | 47 | #1,132 |
| 1961 | — | — | 47 | #1,155 |
| 1960 | — | — | 54 | #1,052 |
| 1959 | — | — | 55 | #1,042 |
| 1958 | — | — | 64 | #955 |
| 1957 | — | — | 63 | #960 |
| 1956 | — | — | 64 | #939 |
| 1955 | — | — | 57 | #998 |
| 1954 | — | — | 53 | #1,033 |
| 1953 | — | — | 48 | #1,049 |
| 1952 | — | — | 42 | #1,143 |
| 1951 | — | — | 41 | #1,130 |
| 1950 | — | — | 42 | #1,098 |
| 1949 | — | — | 37 | #1,175 |
| 1948 | — | — | 29 | #1,371 |
| 1947 | — | — | 20 | #1,716 |
| 1946 | — | — | 29 | #1,321 |
| 1945 | — | — | 31 | #1,196 |
| 1944 | — | — | 20 | #1,562 |
| 1943 | — | — | 35 | #1,165 |
| 1942 | — | — | 27 | #1,346 |
| 1941 | — | — | 35 | #1,121 |
| 1940 | — | — | 35 | #1,122 |
| 1939 | — | — | 31 | #1,185 |
| 1938 | — | — | 37 | #1,071 |
| 1937 | — | — | 24 | #1,392 |
| 1936 | — | — | 28 | #1,261 |
| 1935 | — | — | 32 | #1,180 |
| 1934 | — | — | 23 | #1,453 |
| 1933 | — | — | 43 | #975 |
| 1932 | — | — | 33 | #1,194 |
| 1931 | — | — | 41 | #1,057 |
| 1930 | — | — | 40 | #1,106 |
| 1929 | — | — | 40 | #1,104 |
| 1928 | — | — | 53 | #933 |
| 1927 | — | — | 45 | #1,052 |
| 1926 | — | — | 42 | #1,105 |
| 1925 | — | — | 43 | #1,063 |
| 1924 | — | — | 44 | #1,084 |
| 1923 | — | — | 30 | #1,348 |
| 1922 | — | — | 42 | #1,096 |
| 1921 | — | — | 43 | #1,082 |
| 1920 | — | — | 48 | #997 |
| 1919 | — | — | 29 | #1,337 |
| 1918 | — | — | 32 | #1,249 |
| 1917 | — | — | 34 | #1,163 |
| 1916 | — | — | 30 | #1,232 |
| 1915 | — | — | 28 | #1,256 |
| 1914 | — | — | 21 | #1,329 |
| 1913 | — | — | 21 | #1,136 |
| 1912 | — | — | 24 | #928 |
| 1911 | — | — | 10 | #1,171 |
| 1910 | — | — | 13 | #911 |
| 1909 | — | — | 9 | #1,057 |
| 1908 | — | — | 7 | #1,176 |
| 1907 | — | — | 5 | #1,470 |
| 1905 | — | — | 6 | #1,181 |
| 1904 | — | — | 8 | #932 |
| 1898 | — | — | 7 | #955 |
| 1897 | — | — | 5 | #1,170 |
| 1896 | — | — | 5 | #1,202 |
| 1894 | — | — | 8 | #833 |
| 1885 | — | — | 5 | #1,031 |
| 1884 | — | — | 6 | #927 |
| 1883 | — | — | 6 | #853 |
| 1882 | — | — | 5 | #1,036 |
| 1880 | — | — | 5 | #1,008 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).