Malka is a distinctive choice, ranked #1541 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Malka in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1541
US Rank #986
About the Name Malka
Malka is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 501 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #1023 in 2022 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Malka is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
In the US it ranks even higher at #986, where it enjoys a particularly strong following.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Malka
Unlikely. With around 20 UK babies named Malka per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Malka in her class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Malka is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 501 places over the last five years to #1541 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Malka is more popular in the US (#986) than in the UK (#1541). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Notable people named Malka include: Malka Gorfine — Malka Gorfine Orgad is an Israeli statistician and a professor in the Department of Statistics of Tel Aviv University.; Malka Spigel — Malka Spigel is a London-based Israeli musician and artist.; Malka Potashnik — Malka Halfon-Potashnik is an Israeli Paralympic champion..
Malka ranks #986 in the US top 1,000 (2024). It's recognised in America but considerably more popular in the UK.
20
UK babies named Malka (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 501 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Malka
Likely around 1 other Malka in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2024–2024)
Rank · SSA official data
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Malka Gorfine Orgad is an Israeli statistician and a professor in the Department of Statistics of Tel Aviv University. Her research interests include deep learning in survival analysis, causal inference, and natural experiments in biostatistics.
Malka Lee (Yiddish: מלכה לי) was an American poet and author. She is the author of Durkh Kindershe Oygn (Through the Eyes of Childhood), published in 1955 and dedicated to her family, who were killed by the Nazis in the shtetl of Monastrishtsh (now Monastyryska, Ukraine) in 1941, as well as six volumes of poetry in Yiddish, her mother tongue, much of it about her experience of observing the Holocaust from the safety of the United States.
Shlomit Malka23 December 1993) is an Israeli fashion model. Earlier in her career, she was credited as Shiloh Malka, but she has since been credited as her birth name.
Malka Jaan was an Indian courtesan (tawaif), singer, poet and Kathak dancer who was active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She was known as Malka Jaan of Calcutta and Malka Jaan of Benaras.