Malek is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning “king.” In 2024 it was given to 128 boys in the United States.
Malek belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “king” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Malek first appears in Social Security records in 1974. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1276 in 2023, and in 2024 128 babies received the name — 2,965 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Malek means “king” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Malek is a boy name. In 2024, 128 babies received the name in the US.
Malek comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Malek first appears in US records in 1974. Its best-ever ranking was #1276 in 2023, and 128 babies were given the name in 2024.
Malek is pronounced /Paloh|regency:Suf/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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