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Malika

“Queen” — Arabic origin

Girl's name · #2691 in the US (2025) · 90s

Malika has appeared in US records since 1966 — best rank #1020 (1996) · 4,967 babies named Malika all-time · 1 in 25,000 girls born in 2025.

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 148 notable people named Malika:

Entertainers appear 2× more often than among typical names — e.g. Malika Pukhraj, Pakistani singer.

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