Girls' name · since 2005
Malay
Malay has 117 recorded births since 2005 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,426 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 117
- born since 2005
- 2000s
- peak decade
117 girls have been named Malay since 2005, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Malay has 117 recorded births among girls since 2005, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2022.
- #25,426 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 117 born since 2005
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Malay ranks #25,426 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 117 born since 2005, peaking in the 2000s.
- #25,426 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 117
- born since 2005
- 2000s
- peak decade
Malay's 117 recorded births place it above 64.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Malay's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Malay's full recorded timeline at 2013, 37% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 63% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2010, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Malay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2022
- Peak year (2007)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Malay by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (61 births, 52% of the file).
2000s was Malay's strongest decade.
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Malay births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
61 births
- 2010s
2010s
51 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 61 births (52% of all-time use).
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What to do with Malay's data
- Malay's decade-level peak was the 2000s (61 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Similar record span (~17 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2005–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Malay draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.