Malaysia Girl
How popular is Malaysia?
#955 girl name in 2025
269 baby girls were named Malaysia in the US in 2025, making it the 955th most popular girl name.
Malaysia popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #955 for girls (▼ 103 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 269 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-63% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #436 in 2015, #624 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2014 (824 girls) |
| Highest rank | #397 in 2014 |
| First recorded | 1987 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Malaysia counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Malaysia family of names ranked #840 for girls in 2025 (#773 the year before), with 278 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 269 | 97% |
| Malasia | 9 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Malaysia is most popular
Babies named Malaysia per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 2.2 per 1,000 (101 girls)
- Louisiana: 1.0 per 1,000 (84 girls)
- Alabama: 0.9 per 1,000 (80 girls)
- Georgia: 0.8 per 1,000 (183 girls)
- Delaware: 0.6 per 1,000 (7 girls)
Malaysia by decade
Girl names about as popular as Malaysia
Questions
- Is Malaysia a boy or girl name?
- Malaysia is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Malaysia were girls.
- How popular is the name Malaysia?
- 269 baby girls were named Malaysia in the US in 2025, making it the 955th most popular girl name.
- When was Malaysia most popular?
- Malaysia peaked in 2014, when 824 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #397 in 2014.
- How many people are named Malaysia?
- 11,031 babies have been named Malaysia in the US since 1880. We estimate about 10,958 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Malaysia most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Malaysia was most common in Mississippi, at 2.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.