Malika is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning “queen.” In 2024 it was given to 59 girls in the United States.
Malika at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Muslim & Arabic
Meaning
“queen”
Also spelled
Malik
About the name Malika
Malika belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “queen” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page. It travels in a few spellings: Malik.
In the United States, Malika first appears in Social Security records in 1966. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1026 in 1996, and in 2024 59 babies received the name — 4,901 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.