NameTides

Malaya

Malaya was the #774 girls' name in the US in 2025 (351 babies), and #1,719 in England & Wales and #1,218 in Canada.

Malaya as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Malaya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Malaya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#774 (351)#1,719 (17)#1,218 (21)
2024#813 (341)#1,353 (24)#1,479 (16)
2023#850 (315)#1,469 (21)#1,678 (13)
2022#708 (416)#1,452 (21)#1,166 (21)
2021#664 (447)#1,102 (31)#1,229 (20)
2020#667 (429)#1,313 (24)#1,020 (25)
2019#671 (432)#1,854 (15)#1,408 (17)
2018#736 (380)#2,187 (12)#1,031 (25)
2017#701 (413)#2,201 (12)#1,382 (17)
2016#667 (442)#2,120 (13)#1,075 (24)
2015#725 (391)#2,195 (12)#951 (27)
2014#637 (449)#2,314 (11)#948 (28)
2013#633 (444)#4,739 (4)#1,091 (23)
2012#782 (350)#2,717 (9)#1,410 (17)
2011#905 (288)—#1,198 (20)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #664.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1977.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,600 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,600uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 15,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 7,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Malaya is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,300 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,300 to 1 in 6,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Malaya by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #700WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #915WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,014ILMichigan: #638MINew York: #1,087NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #721INOhio: #711OHPennsylvania: #927PANew Jersey: #1,036NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #800CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #589MOKentucky: #443KYWest Virginia: #308WVVirginia: #520VAMaryland: #731MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #818AZNew Mexico: #296NMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #568TNNorth Carolina: #601NCSouth Carolina: #467SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #776LAMississippi: #441MSAlabama: #574ALGeorgia: #431GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #982TXFlorida: #651FL
Malaya (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MalayaCanadaGirls#1,21821
MalayaEngland & WalesGirls#1,71917
MalayaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MalayaUSGirls#774351