# Malaya (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/malaya/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,467 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 8,467 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 241, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 288 | 908 |
| 2012 | 350 | 783 |
| 2013 | 444 | 633 |
| 2014 | 449 | 638 |
| 2015 | 391 | 726 |
| 2016 | 442 | 667 |
| 2017 | 413 | 702 |
| 2018 | 380 | 736 |
| 2019 | 432 | 671 |
| 2020 | 429 | 667 |
| 2021 | 447 | 666 |
| 2022 | 416 | 708 |
| 2023 | 315 | 852 |
| 2024 | 341 | 813 |
| 2025 | 351 | 775 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,717 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2014 | 11 | 2,314 |
| 2015 | 12 | 2,195 |
| 2016 | 13 | 2,120 |
| 2017 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2018 | 12 | 2,187 |
| 2019 | 15 | 1,854 |
| 2020 | 24 | 1,313 |
| 2021 | 31 | 1,102 |
| 2022 | 21 | 1,452 |
| 2023 | 21 | 1,469 |
| 2024 | 24 | 1,353 |
| 2025 | 17 | 1,719 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.