Malcolm Boy Name

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The name Malcolm is of Scottish Gaelic origin, and means servant of Columba. The table below indicates the number of times the name Malcolm has been given to baby boys in recent years. The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004. The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.

**Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Malcolm**
Use of the Name Malcolm for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years	50 Years	25 Years	10 Years	5 Years	2 Years	1 Year
53,619	28,967	17,415	6,744	2,842	936	433

The table below indicates the number of times the name Malcolm has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004. A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

**Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Malcolm**
	Used as a Boy Name		Used as a Girl Name
Year	Rank	Count	Rank	Count
1880	417	18
1881	426	17
1882	410	20
1883	349	23
1884	442	18
1885	516	14
1886	345	25
1887	364	21
1888	366	26
1889	344	27
1890	341	27
1891	303	31
1892	344	30
1893	343	27
1894	303	34
1895	322	33
1896	261	48
1897	345	30
1898	293	40
1899	297	35
1900	280	55
1901	302	35
1902	258	52
1903	266	48
1904	286	45
1905	244	65
1906	294	48
1907	288	54
1908	241	78
1909	242	83
1910	264	86
1911	210	140
1912	226	233
1913	220	288
1914	239	319
1915	222	461
1916	225	477
1917	207	545
1918	236	508
1919	236	504
1920	227	554
1921	225	595
1922	240	548
1923	207	625
1924	211	635
1925	217	617
1926	217	630
1927	216	616
1928	205	662
1929	212	599
1930	229	557
1931	213	583
1932	215	569
1933	219	524
1934	232	498
1935	220	545
1936	219	530
1937	235	500
1938	222	540
1939	227	525
1940	227	546
1941	250	495
1942	234	577
1943	215	671
1944	246	547
1945	256	508
1946	247	621
1947	269	627
1948	289	550
1949	295	521
1950	291	538
1951	281	585
1952	281	603
1953	303	549
1954	292	594
1955	296	592
1956	312	568
1957	325	562
1958	309	599
1959	348	501
1960	332	546
1961	346	522
1962	343	518
1963	354	483
1964	359	474
1965	306	610
1966	354	452
1967	362	430
1968	378	424
1969	374	438
1970	349	537
1971	355	516
1972	372	447
1973	393	390
1974	429	335
1975	402	364
1976	423	336
1977	441	325
1978	472	294
1979	487	289
1980	535	255
1981	510	273
1982	492	297
1983	567	222
1984	505	279
1985	434	385
1986	358	529
1987	324	633
1988	308	737
1989	274	904
1990	241	1,160
1991	229	1,299
1992	206	1,495
1993	236	1,224
1994	277	979
1995	300	886
1996	314	837
1997	338	767
1998	365	702
1999	367	710
2000	368	715
2001	410	611
2002	426	580
2003	491	503
2004	537	433
Totals:		53,619		0

During the last 125 years, parents have used Malcolm as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.

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