Malakai

Meaning: My messenger
Origin: Fijian/Tongan (from Hebrew) — Variant of Malachi

Boy's name · #213 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Malakai is climbing: on the charts since 1988, it reached #213 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 1,700 boys given the name last year. Roughly 18,000 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 45 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#66 in Australia (QLD) (2025) · #110 in New Zealand (2025) · #290 in Scotland (2025) · #357 in England & Wales (2025) · #768 in Ireland (2025) · #1,447 in Sweden (2025) · #2,375 in Switzerland (2025) · #290 in Canada (2024).

Famous Malakais

Malakai Black — Dutch professional wrestler
Malakai Fekitoa — Tongan-New Zealand rugby union player
Malakai Tiwa — Fijian footballer
Malakai Fakatoufifita, 15th Lord Tuʻilakepa — Tongan Noble
Malakai Ravulo — Fijian rugby union footballer

What Malakais become

Among 19 notable people named Malakai:

Sports figures appear 3.53× more often than among typical names — e.g. Malakai Black, Dutch professional wrestler.

Similar names: Malachi · Kayson · Makai · Jakai · Sylas · Zakai

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