Malaysia

What Malaysia means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Malaysia yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note 269 US babies in 2025, but under 3 in England & Wales Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Malaysia?

US: Falling: down from #436 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2014, when 824 girls got the name (#397 that year). First in the US records in 1987.

How common

• About 1 in 5,975 baby girls in the US in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MS (1.01 per 1,000 girls), LA (0.86 per 1,000 girls), AL (0.6 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Malaysia is #955 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Malaysia were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Malasia9 US
• Malaycia6 US
• Malayshia5 US
• Melaysia5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Malaysia

Girls

• Lydia#92“the region of Lydia”^*
• Skylar#167Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #42 in 2015, #167 in 2025
• Hadley#121“heath + woodland clearing”^*
• Cora#113“maiden”^*
• Harper#16From a surname for “a player of the harp”^*
• Adalynn#184Form of Adela, meaning “noble”^*

For a brother

• Tucker#181Editor’s note Steady in the US: #186 in 2015 and #181 in 2025
• Declan#139Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #139 vs #372 in 2025
• Jayce#167Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #167 vs #822 in 2025
• Liam#1Form of William, meaning “will + helmet”^*
• Braxton#172Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #172 vs #2,014 in 2025
• Easton#110“east + settlement”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Malaysia’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.