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Girl's name · #1011 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave
Malka reached its best rank, #986, in 2024 and ranked #1011 in 2025. About 6,500 girls have carried it since 1946.
In recent years, Malka ran 9–12× its national rate in New Jersey and New York—ranked #56 in New Jersey in 2025.
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 3 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#1,257 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,605 in Canada (2024).
Among 44 notable people named Malka:
Artists & writers appear 1.64× more often than among typical names — e.g. Malka Locker, Israeli poet, translator, literary theorist.
Similar names: Malky · Yael · Malayah · Bracha · Heavenly · Mazikeen
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