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Malka

Girl's name · #1011 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Malka reached its best rank, #986, in 2024 and ranked #1011 in 2025. About 6,500 girls have carried it since 1946.

Across the states

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.

Around the world

See how Malka ranks in other countries and regions.

#1,229 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,475 in Canada (2025) · #2,968 in Austria (2025) · #879 in Poland (2024) · #5,967 in France (2024) · #1,047 in Belgium (2023) · #2,300 in Sweden (2023) · #10,237 in Ecuador (2016).

Famous Malkas

• Malka Older — Author, academic, and humanitarian worker (born 1977)
• Malka Spigel — Israeli musician and artist (born 1954)
• Malka Jaan — Indian singer and dancer (1855–1907)
• Malka Ribowska — French actress (1931–2020)
• Malka Elisheva Schaps — Israeli mathematician and novelist (born 1948)

What Malkas become

Among 44 notable people named Malka:

Artists & writers appear 1.64× more often than among typical names — e.g. Malka Locker, Ukrainian-born Israeli poet (1887–1990).

Similar names: Malky · Aliza · Malayah · Bracha · Heavenly · Rivka

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