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 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#301 · 1 in 989
- Louisiana#322 · 1 in 1,169
- Alabama#436 · 1 in 1,665
- South Carolina#440 · 1 in 1,663
- Missouri#516 · 1 in 2,209
Best ever in a state: #54 in Mississippi, 2017.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #301 | 9 | 1 in 989 |
| Louisiana | #322 | 14 | 1 in 1,169 |
| Alabama | #436 | 11 | 1 in 1,665 |
| South Carolina | #440 | 11 | 1 in 1,663 |
| Missouri | #516 | 11 | 1 in 2,209 |
| Michigan | #519 | 15 | 1 in 2,382 |
| Georgia | #581 | 18 | 1 in 2,512 |
| Indiana | #611 | 10 | 1 in 2,791 |
| Illinois | #619 | 15 | 1 in 2,955 |
| Wisconsin | #791 | 5 | 1 in 4,052 |
| Ohio | #801 | 11 | 1 in 4,297 |
| Pennsylvania | #813 | 11 | 1 in 4,244 |
| Tennessee | #813 | 8 | 1 in 4,009 |
| Florida | #825 | 19 | 1 in 4,566 |
| North Carolina | #834 | 11 | 1 in 4,226 |
| Virginia | #1,037 | 6 | 1 in 5,624 |
| Texas | #1,190 | 22 | 1 in 7,297 |
| New York | #1,526 | 8 | 1 in 9,791 |
| California | #2,276 | 8 | 1 in 20,216 |
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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.
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 2025
Top girls' names in 2025
More about 2025
girls
1,607,267 girls got a published name in 2025; 1 in 5,975 of them was named Malaysia, which outranked 94.5% of the 17,297 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880).
- #950Yuna271
- #950Zyla271
- #954Rosalee270
- #955Malaysia269
- #955Anika269
- #955Kinslee269
- #955Love269
- #960Aadhya268
- #960Ainhoa268
- #960August268
Tied with 4 names at #955; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.