Malaya
Malaya is ranked 813th among girls in 2024 (341 births). Its best rank was 633rd, in 2013.
- Rank in 2024
- #813up 39 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3410.02% of girls
- Peak year
- 2014449 births
- Best rank
- #633in 2013
- Since 1977
- 8,111people given the name
The story in the numbers
8,111 girls have been named Malaya in the United States since 1977, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2014, with 449 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2014, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2014, and the 2010s alone account for 48%. It has spent 17 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 2014, its biggest year
Malaya was the 638th 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 Malaya
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Zariahpeak 2023
- Anayahpeak 2024
- Caliyahpeak 2017
- Janylapeak 2019
- Presleypeak 2014
- Ameyapeak 2015
- Madilynnpeak 2014
- Laylapeak 2019
Other spellings in the data
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.