Malik

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Malik

Say it: MAH-lik

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Meaning

From Arabic mālik 'owner, king'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Its wave through time

Fading since the 1990s

In the United States

45,902 babies given this name since 1949
At its height in 1996, about 1 in 471 boys
821 babies in 2020

Through the ages

The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

African American

The family of the name

Other spellings: Malick

Arabic	Mālik

Famous bearers

Malik el-Shabazz, the name Malcolm X took in 1964

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Where this comes from

United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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