Malaya
#1,813 most common girls' name of all time · #3,107 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1977–2025
Rank among girls
#1,813
Rank overall
#3,107 of 105,966
First appeared
1977
Years on the list
45 of 146
All-time
8,467
Since 2016
3,966
Peak year
2014 #638
Best rank
#633 2013
Girls
Boys
peak 449/yr
Malaya first appears in 1977. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 351 | — | 351 | #775 |
| 2024 | 341 | — | 341 | #814 |
| 2023 | 315 | — | 315 | #852 |
| 2022 | 416 | — | 416 | #708 |
| 2021 | 447 | — | 447 | #666 |
| 2020 | 429 | — | 429 | #668 |
| 2019 | 432 | — | 432 | #672 |
| 2018 | 380 | — | 380 | #736 |
| 2017 | 413 | — | 413 | #701 |
| 2016 | 442 | — | 442 | #667 |
| 2015 | 391 | — | 391 | #726 |
| 2014 | 449 | — | 449 | #638 |
| 2013 | 444 | — | 444 | #633 |
| 2012 | 350 | — | 350 | #782 |
| 2011 | 288 | — | 288 | #911 |
| 2010 | 318 | — | 318 | #846 |
| 2009 | 376 | — | 376 | #758 |
| 2008 | 263 | — | 263 | #1,008 |
| 2007 | 261 | — | 261 | #1,017 |
| 2006 | 276 | — | 276 | #949 |
| 2005 | 212 | — | 212 | #1,119 |
| 2004 | 169 | — | 169 | #1,272 |
| 2003 | 126 | — | 126 | #1,538 |
| 2002 | 116 | — | 116 | #1,601 |
| 2001 | 97 | — | 97 | #1,828 |
| 2000 | 84 | — | 84 | #1,991 |
| 1999 | 48 | — | 48 | #2,842 |
| 1998 | 42 | — | 42 | #3,057 |
| 1997 | 28 | — | 28 | #3,970 |
| 1996 | 26 | — | 26 | #4,143 |
| 1995 | 16 | — | 16 | #5,849 |
| 1994 | 19 | — | 19 | #5,166 |
| 1993 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,505 |
| 1992 | 12 | — | 12 | #7,343 |
| 1991 | 13 | — | 13 | #6,834 |
| 1990 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,847 |
| 1989 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,431 |
| 1988 | 7 | — | 7 | #9,921 |
| 1984 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,490 |
| 1982 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,120 |
| 1981 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,620 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,585 |
| 1979 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,853 |
| 1978 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,013 |
| 1977 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,883 |