Malaya

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Malaya: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Malaya: Recorded since 2008, it reached #1,102 in 2021, and it stood at #1,353 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
16times a registrar ranked it
17years from first to last
#1102highest recorded position
2groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2008–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2008	#3860
2009	#4564
2010	#3533
2012	#2717
2013	#4739
2014	#2314
2015	#2195
2016	#2120
2017	#2201
2018	#2187
2019	#1854
2020	#1313
2021	#1102
2022	#1452
2023	#1469
2024	#1353

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

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What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 16 of the 17 years from 2008 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2008–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2008
First recorded at #3860 among girls in England and Wales in 2008 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2008–2024
Highest recorded position: #1102 among girls in England and Wales, in 2021 (recorded 2008–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1353 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Malaya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Malaya in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	9	2 of 10	5
2010s	94	9 of 10	10
2020sbusiest	121	5 of 10	24

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 24 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Malaya appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2008 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1102 in England and Wales in 2021.

Malaya's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1353	24	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1469	21	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1452	21	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1102	31	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1313	24	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1854	15	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2187	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2120	13	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2195	12	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2314	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2717	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2008 and 2024, ranked in 16 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,102, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 31 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
13 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#1,353position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
31births registered in its largest year, 202125 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Malakye · #1962, 16y
Malayah · #1849, 11y
Malcolm · #45, 71y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aadi · #1099, 20y
Ruby-Mai · #1099, 20y
Harley-Jay · #1097, 21y
Reggie-Lee · #1097, 14y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Leonor · #1102, 22y
Aadi · #1099, 20y
Ruby-Mai · #1099, 20y
Eesah · #1097, 25y

Malaya and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Malaya without appearing here.

Malaya moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2187 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1854 and #5591.
Yvonne Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2201 and #2090 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2187 and #5666.
Carmel Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2201 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2187 and #4684.
Siobhán Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2201 and #1817 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2187 and #4684.

Moved ahead of Malaya

Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2201 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2187 and #1436.
Meabh Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1102 and #1286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1452 and #1142.

Moved the opposite way to Malaya

Abigail Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Malaya went from #3860 to #1353 while Abigail went from #29 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Malaya went from #3860 to #1353 while Aimee went from #86 to #1603.
Alex Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Malaya went from #3860 to #1353 while Alex went from #397 to #2253.
Alexandra Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Malaya went from #3860 to #1353 while Alexandra went from #90 to #215.

Moved the same way as Malaya

Ada Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Malaya went from #3860 to #1353 and Ada from #699 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Malaya went from #3860 to #1353 and Alma from #1247 to #234.
Amelia Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Malaya went from #3860 to #1353 and Amelia from #9 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Malaya went from #3860 to #1353 and Aria from #1135 to #35.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2008 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1102 in England and Wales in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Malaya

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Malaya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Malaya at a glance

Malaya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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