Malaysia
#955 for girls in 2025, 269 births
- Peak · girls
- 2014 · 824 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 11,031since 1987
Malaysia over time
Rank among girls' names. Malaysia has never cracked the top 300 here.
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 | #955 | 269 |
| 2024 | #852 | 317 |
| 2023 | #776 | 363 |
| 2022 | #609 | 489 |
| 2021 | #616 | 483 |
| 2020 | #624 | 466 |
| 2019 | #555 | 548 |
| 2018 | #495 | 628 |
| 2017 | #473 | 661 |
| 2016 | #465 | 687 |
| 2015 | #436 | 725 |
| 2014 | #397 | 824 |
| 2013 | #480 | 635 |
| 2012 | #570 | 515 |
| 2011 | #961 | 266 |
| 2010 | #1,110 | 222 |
| 2009 | #1,167 | 215 |
| 2008 | #1,218 | 208 |
| 2007 | #1,365 | 177 |
| 2006 | #1,173 | 207 |
| 2005 | #1,032 | 234 |
| 2004 | #1,231 | 178 |
| 2003 | #1,100 | 200 |
| 2002 | #1,121 | 186 |
| 2001 | #1,090 | 194 |
| 2000 | #1,002 | 211 |
| 1999 | #1,238 | 152 |
| 1998 | #1,265 | 143 |
| 1997 | #1,368 | 125 |
| 1996 | #1,358 | 124 |
| 1995 | #1,819 | 78 |
| 1994 | #1,841 | 77 |
| 1993 | #2,217 | 59 |
| 1992 | #2,386 | 54 |
| 1991 | #2,790 | 42 |
| 1990 | #3,714 | 28 |
| 1989 | #4,121 | 23 |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Malaysia! It came in at #7,987, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1987–1988, when fewer than 11 girls a year got the name.
Where Malaysia is popular in 1999
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#362 · 1 in 1,885
- Arkansas#453 · 1 in 2,356
- North Carolina#509 · 1 in 3,269
- Alabama#519 · 1 in 3,014
- Virginia#706 · 1 in 4,908
Best ever in a state: #54 in Mississippi, 2017.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #362 | 9 | 1 in 1,885 |
| Arkansas | #453 | 5 | 1 in 2,356 |
| North Carolina | #509 | 13 | 1 in 3,269 |
| Alabama | #519 | 7 | 1 in 3,014 |
| Virginia | #706 | 7 | 1 in 4,908 |
| Maryland | #726 | 5 | 1 in 4,789 |
| Georgia | #921 | 7 | 1 in 6,533 |
| New York | #964 | 14 | 1 in 7,130 |
| Ohio | #1,063 | 6 | 1 in 10,256 |
| California | #1,164 | 22 | 1 in 9,957 |
| Florida | #1,168 | 8 | 1 in 9,339 |
| Texas | #2,203 | 6 | 1 in 24,537 |
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See more about Malaysia
- 103 spots since 2024 (#852 → #955)
- 331 spots since 2020 (#624 → #955)
- 519 spots since 2015 (#436 → #955)
- Biggest jump: 391 spots in 2012 (#961 → #570)
- Biggest drop: 167 spots in 2023 (#609 → #776)
- Debuted 1987
- Peaked 2014 at #397 (824 births)
- Births halved by 2023, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 2011–2025
- Highest: 1 in 2,168 girls born in 2014 were named Malaysia (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,975 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 51.8% of all girls named Malaysia (5,711) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 41 | #4,121 (1989) | #6,406 |
| 1990s | 882 | #1,238 (1999) | #2,000 |
| 2000s | 2,010 | #1,002 (2000) | #1,150 |
| 2010s | 5,711 | #397 (2014) | #594 |
| 2020s | 2,387 | #609 (2022) | #739 |
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.
Malaysia in 1999
Top girls' names in 1999
More about 1999
girls
1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 11,670 of them was named Malaysia, which outranked 92.7% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,231Melany153
- #1,231Monet153
- #1,231Yulissa153
- #1,238Malaysia152
- #1,238Alliyah152
- #1,238Amaris152
- #1,238Jala152
- #1,243Alanis151
- #1,243Bernadette151
- #1,243Cailyn151
Tied with 4 names at #1,238; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.