Malaysia
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 652 babies a year in the US.
How Malaysia has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #436 |
| 2016 | #464 |
| 2017 | #475 |
| 2018 | #497 |
| 2019 | #559 |
| 2020 | #624 |
| 2021 | #619 |
| 2022 | #609 |
| 2023 | #776 |
| 2024 | #857 |
| 2025 | #958 |
Malaysia by the numbers
Malaysia was given to 652 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 819 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Malaysia
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Malaysia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Malaysia
Names that are said the same way as Malaysia, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Malaysiah6 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Malaysia
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