Given name
Maleeka
“destined to be queen”
Maleeka is a variant of Malika. One Arabic interpretation is “destined to be queen.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Maleeka is a variant of Malika. One Arabic interpretation is “destined to be queen.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Maleeka is a variant of Malika. An origin associated with Malika is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maleeka through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 246
- 0 boys · 246 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,383 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,383 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 240 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Maleeka’s family of names
Maleeka has a related form in Malika.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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