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Malachy Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Malachy?

In 2018 the rare name Malachy, ranked the 7,388th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

Uncommon, Malachy would be a striking name choice.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #1,169 in 1897.

Nonetheless, the name was given to the greatest number of children in 2002 with 35 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Malachy was less than 5, most recently in 1996.

Approximately during the years 1997-2002, and 2012-2016, the name Malachy took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas 2016-2017 were years of successive downward movement.

Malachy's popularity has remained mostly unchanged for some time. however, the number of children named Malachy lately has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Malachy?

Currently, the name is at a low point when compared to its most popular year.

The name Malachy is mostly unused and has recently started to drift downward in popularity.

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   Malachy (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 11 7,388
2017 17 5,417
2016 24 4,255
2015 14 6,168
2014 19 4,986
2013 19 4,894
2012 11 7,360
2011 14 6,130
2010 27 3,864
2009 17 5,459
2008 25 4,097
2007 27 3,856
2006 22 4,314
2005 19 4,567
2004 21 4,206
2003 31 3,083
2002 35 2,729
2001 28 3,194
2000 16 4,709
1999 16 4,473
1998 13 5,071
1997 9 6,420
1996 < 5 --
1995 7 7,491
1994 7 7,459
1993 6 8,285
1992 < 5 --
1991 < 5 --
1990 < 5 --
1989 < 5 --
1988 < 5 --
1987 5 7,690
1986 6 6,419
1985 < 5 --
1984 5 6,946
1983 5 6,910
1982 < 5 --
1981 < 5 --
1980 < 5 --
1979 8 4,673
1978 < 5 --
1977 < 5 --
1976 < 5 --
1975 < 5 --
1974 < 5 --
1973 < 5 --
1972 < 5 --
1971 9 3,552
1970 < 5 --
1969 < 5 --
1968 5 4,512
1967 < 5 --
1966 < 5 --
1965 < 5 --
1964 < 5 --
1963 < 5 --
1962 < 5 --
1961 6 3,902
1960 < 5 --
1959 < 5 --
1958 < 5 --
1957 7 3,433
1956 < 5 --
1955 < 5 --
1954 < 5 --
1953 < 5 --
1952 < 5 --
1951 < 5 --
1950 6 3,549
1949 < 5 --
1948 < 5 --
1947 8 3,014
1946 < 5 --
1945 < 5 --
1944 < 5 --
1943 < 5 --
1942 < 5 --
1941 < 5 --
1940 < 5 --
1939 < 5 --
1938 6 3,397
1937 < 5 --
1936 < 5 --
1935 < 5 --
1934 < 5 --
1933 < 5 --
1932 < 5 --
1931 < 5 --
1930 6 3,846
1929 < 5 --
1928 < 5 --
1927 < 5 --
1926 5 4,584
1925 5 4,639
1924 < 5 --
1923 < 5 --
1922 < 5 --
1921 5 4,733
1920 5 4,703
1919 < 5 --
1918 5 4,556
1917 < 5 --
1916 < 5 --
1915 < 5 --
1914 5 3,569
1913 < 5 --
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1911 < 5 --
1910 < 5 --
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1907 < 5 --
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1904 < 5 --
1903 < 5 --
1902 < 5 --
1901 < 5 --
1900 < 5 --
1899 < 5 --
1898 < 5 --
1897 5 1,169
1896 < 5 --
1895 < 5 --
1894 < 5 --
1893 < 5 --
1892 < 5 --
1891 < 5 --
1890 < 5 --
1889 < 5 --
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1884 < 5 --
1883 < 5 --
1882 < 5 --
1881 < 5 --
1880 < 5 --

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.