Malaysia
Malaysia is ranked 857th among girls in 2024 (314 births). Its best rank was 397th, in 2014.
- Rank in 2024
- #857down 82 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3140.02% of girls
- Peak year
- 2014822 births
- Best rank
- #397in 2014
- Since 1987
- 10,753people given the name
The story in the numbers
10,753 girls have been named Malaysia in the United States since 1987, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2014, with 822 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago (rank 397 → 857).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2014, and the 2010s alone account for 53%. It has spent 14 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 2014, its biggest year
Malaysia was the 397th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2014 were Emma, Olivia, Sophia, Isabella and Ava. See all of 2014.
Names that rose and fell with Malaysia
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jurneepeak 2018
- Annabethpeak 2014
- Lexingtonpeak 2014
- Cambriepeak 2017
- Skylahpeak 2016
- Skylynnpeak 2018
- Kambripeak 2017
- Avonleapeak 2017
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.