Malaya
- #774 for girls in 2025, 351 births
- Peak · girls
- 2013 · 444 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 8,467since 1977
Malaya over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Malaya has never cracked the top 600 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #774 | 351 |
| 2024 | #813 | 341 |
| 2023 | #850 | 315 |
| 2022 | #708 | 416 |
| 2021 | #664 | 447 |
| 2020 | #667 | 429 |
| 2019 | #671 | 432 |
| 2018 | #736 | 380 |
| 2017 | #701 | 413 |
| 2016 | #667 | 442 |
| 2015 | #725 | 391 |
| 2014 | #637 | 449 |
| 2013 | #633 | 444 |
| 2012 | #782 | 350 |
| 2011 | #905 | 288 |
| 2010 | #844 | 318 |
| 2009 | #755 | 376 |
| 2008 | #1,005 | 263 |
| 2007 | #1,016 | 261 |
| 2006 | #946 | 276 |
| 2005 | #1,115 | 212 |
| 2004 | #1,271 | 169 |
| 2003 | #1,534 | 126 |
| 2002 | #1,594 | 116 |
| 2001 | #1,819 | 97 |
| 2000 | #1,985 | 84 |
| 1999 | #2,812 | 48 |
| 1998 | #3,015 | 42 |
| 1997 | #3,897 | 28 |
| 1996 | #4,059 | 26 |
| 1995 | #5,677 | 16 |
| 1994 | #5,016 | 19 |
| 1993 | #6,264 | 14 |
| 1992 | #7,067 | 12 |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 |
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| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 |
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| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 |
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First appearance
1977
The first year at least five girls were named Malaya! It came in at #5,532, and was given to 11 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1983–1987, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Malaya is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- New Mexico#296 · 1 in 935
- West Virginia#308 · 1 in 1,015
- Georgia#431 · 1 in 1,739
- Mississippi#441 · 1 in 1,483
- Kentucky#443 · 1 in 1,917
Best ever in a state: #159 in Delaware, 2014.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #296 | 5 | 1 in 935 |
| West Virginia | #308 | 5 | 1 in 1,015 |
| Georgia | #431 | 26 | 1 in 1,739 |
| Mississippi | #441 | 6 | 1 in 1,483 |
| Kentucky | #443 | 9 | 1 in 1,917 |
| South Carolina | #467 | 10 | 1 in 1,829 |
| Virginia | #520 | 15 | 1 in 2,249 |
| Tennessee | #568 | 13 | 1 in 2,467 |
| Alabama | #574 | 8 | 1 in 2,290 |
| Missouri | #589 | 9 | 1 in 2,700 |
| North Carolina | #601 | 17 | 1 in 2,734 |
| Michigan | #638 | 12 | 1 in 2,978 |
| Florida | #651 | 26 | 1 in 3,337 |
| Wisconsin | #700 | 6 | 1 in 3,376 |
| Ohio | #711 | 13 | 1 in 3,636 |
| Indiana | #721 | 8 | 1 in 3,489 |
| Maryland | #731 | 6 | 1 in 3,331 |
| Louisiana | #776 | 5 | 1 in 3,274 |
| California | #800 | 37 | 1 in 4,371 |
| Arizona | #818 | 7 | 1 in 4,031 |
| Washington | #915 | 6 | 1 in 4,810 |
| Pennsylvania | #927 | 9 | 1 in 5,188 |
| Texas | #982 | 29 | 1 in 5,536 |
| Illinois | #1,014 | 8 | 1 in 5,541 |
| New Jersey | #1,036 | 6 | 1 in 5,917 |
| New York | #1,087 | 13 | 1 in 6,025 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 39 spots since 2024 (#813 → #774)
- 107 spots since 2020 (#667 → #774)
- Biggest jump: 250 spots in 2009
- Biggest drop: 142 spots in 2023
Rise & fade · girls
36 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1977
- Peaked 2013 at #633 (444 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 18 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 2009–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,671
- Highest: 1 in 3,671 girls born in 2021 were named Malaya (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,579 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #633 in 2013, was only 1 in 3,952 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 46.1% of all girls named Malaya (3,907) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1970s | 23 | #5,532 (1977) | #7,781 |
| 1980s | 33 | #9,237 (1982) | #10,345 |
| 1990s | 225 | #2,812 (1999) | #5,459 |
| 2000s | 1,980 | #755 (2009) | #1,304 |
| 2010s | 3,907 | #633 (2013) | #730 |
| 2020s | 2,299 | #664 (2021) | #746 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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