How Many People Are Named Malaya?
people named Malaya are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 40,664 people in the US has this name
Based on 8,467 babies named Malaya in Social Security records from 1977 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
449 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Malaya in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Malaya alive today is about 11 years old, and 98% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 16 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Malaya first appears in the records in 1977 and was given most often in 2014, to 449 babies. In 2025, 351 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1977 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Malaya has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #633, in 2013. In 2025 it ranked #775.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #775 |
| Best rank | #633 (2013) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #725 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Malaya alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Malaya were born in California than in any other state: about 956 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Malaya was given 2.9 times as often in Louisiana, 2.5 times in South Carolina and 1.8 times in Georgia.
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