Malaysia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-LAY-zha
- US rank, 2025
- #955 for girls
Malaysia is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 955th for girls in the US (269 babies).
What does Malaysia mean?
From the country, named after the Malay people
Taken from the Southeast Asian country, formed in 1963 and named after the Malay people.
Is Malaysia a girl's or a boy's name?
Malaysia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 269 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Malaysia in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2022, with 8 girls.
Malaysia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
How popular is Malaysia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #955among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 269about 1 in 6,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 269 girls in the US were named Malaysia, making it the 955th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 624th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 824 girls. It first appears in the records in 1987.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Malaysia than any year since 2011.
Half of all the girls named Malaysia in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Malaysia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 269 | #955 |
| 2024 | 317 | #852 |
| 2023 | 363 | #776 |
| 2022 | 489 | #609 |
| 2021 | 483 | #616 |
| 2020 | 466 | #624 |
| 2019 | 548 | #555 |
| 2018 | 628 | #495 |
| 2017 | 661 | #473 |
| 2016 | 687 | #465 |
| 2015 | 725 | #436 |
| 2014 | 824 | #397 |
| 2013 | 635 | #480 |
| 2012 | 515 | #570 |
| 2011 | 266 | #961 |
| 2010 | 222 | #1,110 |
| 2009 | 215 | #1,167 |
| 2008 | 208 | #1,218 |
| 2007 | 177 | #1,365 |
| 2006 | 207 | #1,173 |
| 2005 | 234 | #1,032 |
| 2004 | 178 | #1,230 |
| 2003 | 200 | #1,099 |
| 2002 | 186 | #1,120 |
| 2001 | 194 | #1,089 |
| 2000 | 211 | #1,001 |
| 1999 | 152 | #1,236 |
| 1998 | 143 | #1,263 |
| 1997 | 125 | #1,366 |
| 1996 | 124 | #1,356 |
| 1995 | 78 | #1,814 |
| 1994 | 77 | #1,836 |
| 1993 | 59 | #2,212 |
| 1992 | 54 | #2,381 |
| 1991 | 42 | #2,784 |
| 1990 | 28 | #3,709 |
| 1989 | 23 | #4,115 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
Names like Malaysia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Amira Aaliyah Khadija Ayla Maya Amaya Zainab Aria Hafsa Ayah Alaya
Names related to Malaysia
Malissa Malisha Malasia Malayshia Malaysha Malayasia Mylasia
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Malaysia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/malaysia, updated 20 October 2026.