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Boy's nameOrigin: biblicalIn Israel: rising

MalachiIn Hebrew: מלאכי · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: מַלְאָכִיRomanization: mal'achí

Malachi (Hebrew: מלאכי) is a boy's name of biblical origin. 3,910 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 290 boys and ranked #66. Its peak year was 2022, with 311 babies.

People in Israel
3,910
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
290
rank #66
Peak year
2022
311 babies
USA, 2025
2,692
rank #134

Writing and saying Malachi

In Hebrew letters the name is מלאכי, read right to left. Malachi is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "mal'achí" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).

Meaning and origin

  • Malachi (a book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh)
  • Malachi (a minor prophet)
  • a male given name, equivalent to English Malachi

Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.

Malachi by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Malachi: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Malachi in English-speaking countries

Malachi in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20252,692#1342006 (2,776)
United Kingdom2025170#2962014 (238)
England and Wales2025157#2922014 (226)
Scotland20258#4002023 (9)
Northern Ireland20255#3142019 (8)
Ireland20255#5522013 (8)
British Columbia202310#3182014 (17)
Alberta202532#1462025 (32)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Malachi has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Malachi

How do you write Malachi in Hebrew?

Malachi is written מלאכי in Hebrew (with vowel points: מַלְאָכִי). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "mal'achí".

How many people in Israel are named Malachi?

3,910 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name מלאכי: 5 women and 3,905 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Malachi a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 99.9% of the people named מלאכי are men.

What does the name Malachi mean?

English Wiktionary describes it as: "Malachi (a book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh)"

Is Malachi used outside Israel?

The name Malachi appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 2,692 boys were given it in 2025 (#134), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 170 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.