Name meaning & stats
Malachi
Malachi means “my messenger” (Hebrew origin). 65,396 US babies since 1940, peak 2006.
What it means
“my messenger”
HebrewWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2006
65,396 US babies were named Malachi between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Malachi (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Malachi is the main spelling
- Malachi 96%
- Malachai 2%
- Malachy 1%
- Malichi 1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2006)