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Malaya Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Malaya?

In 2018 the less frequently given name Malaya, ranked the 737th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 1000 most popular, Malaya has been less popular than the top 1000 in the past.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #632 in 2013.

Nonetheless, the name was given to the greatest number of children in 2014 with 448 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Malaya was less than 5, most recently in 1987.

Approximately during the years 1990-2009, and 2010-2013 the name Malaya took a definitive turn upwards in popularity.

Malaya's popularity has been soaring upward for some time. however, the number of children named Malaya lately has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Malaya?

Currently, the name is at a very high point when compared to its most popular year.

The name Malaya still has a solid footing but has recently started to drift downward in popularity.

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   Malaya (Girl)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 377 737
2017 410 701
2016 441 665
2015 391 725
2014 448 638
2013 444 632
2012 350 782
2011 286 912
2010 318 845
2009 375 759
2008 262 1,008
2007 261 1,015
2006 275 949
2005 212 1,117
2004 169 1,271
2003 126 1,537
2002 116 1,600
2001 97 1,827
2000 84 1,994
1999 48 2,834
1998 42 3,050
1997 28 3,966
1996 26 4,134
1995 16 5,847
1994 19 5,152
1993 14 6,479
1992 12 7,330
1991 13 6,833
1990 8 9,800
1989 5 13,672
1988 7 9,915
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1981 5 11,400
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1977 11 5,727
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.