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Malika

“Queen” — Arabic origin

Girl's name · #2711 in the US (2025) · 90s

Malika reached #1026 in 1996 and has eased to #2711 since. About 5,000 girls have carried it since 1966.

Around the world: about 1 in 2,500 girls in Belgium (2025) · about 1 in 2,700 girls in Austria (2025) · about 1 in 2,900 girls in Sweden (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 8 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Malikas

• Malika Oufkir — Moroccan Amazigh (Berber) writer and former "disappeared"
• Malika Pukhraj — Pakistani singer
• Malika Ayane — Italian singer (born 1984)
• Malika Mokeddem — Algerian writer
• Malika Akkaoui — Moroccan distance runner

What Malikas become

Among 150 notable people named Malika:

Entertainers appear 1.98× more often than among typical names — e.g. Malika Pukhraj, Pakistani singer.

Similar names: Khadijah · Malina · Danika · Raniyah · Aicha · Mayar

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