Malcolm
Quick answers about Malcolm
How many people are named Malcolm?
An estimated 46,442 living Americans are named Malcolm.
How rare is Malcolm?
Malcolm is moderately uncommon among babies today, with 1,257 boys receiving the name in 2025, down 15.9% from its 1992 peak.
How old is the typical Malcolm?
The median age of a living American named Malcolm is approximately 32 years, with most bearers falling between 12 and 52 years old.
Is Malcolm still popular?
Yes — Malcolm is currently rising in popularity, with 1,257 births in 2025. Births this decade are running about 1.9× higher than the previous decade.
Where is Malcolm most common?
Malcolm has its strongest geographic signal in Maine, where it appears 6.1× more often than the national baseline.
Malcolm is most concentrated in Maine — about 5.7× the national rate in the 1930s.
States where Malcolm is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.