Malaya
Rank in 2025
#774
recorded as girls
Babies in 2025
351
girls 351
Peak year
2021
447 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
8,467
since 1977
Born a Malaya? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Malaya was most popular in 2021, when 447 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.27 per 1,000). In 2025, 351 babies were named Malaya, ranking #774 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 16%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 351 | 774 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 341 | 813 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 315 | 850 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 416 | 708 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 447 | 664 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 429 | 667 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 432 | 671 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 380 | 736 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 413 | 701 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 442 | 667 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 391 | 725 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 449 | 637 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 444 | 633 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 350 | 782 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 288 | 905 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 318 | 844 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 376 | 755 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 263 | 1005 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 261 | 1016 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 276 | 946 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 212 | 1115 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 169 | 1271 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 126 | 1534 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 116 | 1594 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 97 | 1819 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 84 | 1985 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 48 | 2812 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 42 | 3015 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 28 | 3897 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 26 | 4059 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 16 | 5677 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 19 | 5016 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 14 | 6264 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 12 | 7067 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 13 | 6588 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 7 | 10193 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 5 | 12362 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 7 | 9244 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1986 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 5 | 10422 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 6 | 9237 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 5 | 10411 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 5 | 10392 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 7 | 8061 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 5 | 9750 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 11 | 5532 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.