Malcolm

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #272in 2025
  • 1 in 1,358boys in 2025
  • +90%last ten years
  • 5.2×in Maine

Most popular in 1992, and up 90% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

037474818801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Malcolm, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880163
1881169
1882176
1883220
1884157
1885130
1886226
1887207
1888215
1889244
1890243
1891306
1892246
1893240
1894294
1895281
1896401
1897266
1898326
1899330
1900366
1901329
1902424
1903403
1904359
1905491
1906360
1907368
1908505
1909506
1910443
1911620
1912542
1913562
1914484
1915547
1916535
1917588
1918501
1919509
1920522
1921544
1922504
1923568
1924564
1925554
1926566
1927544
1928601
1929555
1930508
1931562
1932548
1933529
1934483
1935523
1936512
1937471
1938489
1939472
1940473
1941405
1942418
1943472
1944403
1945380
1946385
1947344
1948313
1949293
1950302
1951312
1952310
1953277
1954293
1955288
1956269
1957261
1958284
1959234
1960256
1961248
1962251
1963239
1964236
1965330
1966254
1967247
1968242
1969247
1970289
1971293
1972278
1973250
1974214
1975235
1976215
1977198
1978180
1979168
1980146
1981154
1982165
1983123
1984155
1985209
1986287
1987339
1988387
1989452
1990564
1991643
1992748
1993625
1994507
1995466
1996444
1997406
1998367
1999371
2000364
2001316
2002300
2003257
2004224
2005224
2006228
2007218
2008236
2009218
2010259
2011276
2012308
2013344
2014355
2015387
2016413
2017440
2018444
2019570
2020678
2021703
2022699
2023661
2024634
2025736

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Maine 5.2×
  2. New Hampshire 4.3×
  3. Washington 2.0×
  4. Iowa 2.0×
  5. Idaho 2.0×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
1,257
Rank in 2025
#272
How rare
1 in 1,358 boys
Since 1880
70,209

Most popular in 1992, at 748 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 90% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Maine5.2×40
New Hampshire4.3×38
Washington2.0×133
Iowa2.0×55
Idaho2.0×33

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.