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Malka

“Queen” — Hebrew origin

Girl's name · #1008 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Malka has appeared in US records since 1946 — best rank #984 (2024) · 6,500 babies named Malka all-time · 1 in 6,700 girls born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 9,700 girls in England & Wales (2025) · about 1 in 18,000 girls in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 3 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Malkas

• Malka Ribowska — French actress (1928-2020)
• Malka Locker — Israeli poet, translator, literary theorist
• Malka Older — American author and humanitarian worker
• Malka Silberstein — Estonian lawyer (1903-1941)
• Malka Lee — American writer

What Malkas become

Among 44 notable people named Malka:

Artists & writers appear 1.64× more often than among typical names — e.g. Malka Locker, Israeli poet, translator, literary theorist.

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