Girls' name · since 1999
Melaysia
Melaysia has 135 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2014 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,882 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,837 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 135
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Melaysia currently ranks #15837 among girls' names in America, with 135 babies recorded since 1999.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melaysia has been recorded 135 times among girls since 1999, currently ranked #15837 nationally and more common than 8% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #23,882 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,837 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 135 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Melaysia ranks #23,882 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,837 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 135 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #23,882 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,837 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 135
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Melaysia's 135 recorded births place it above 66.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Melaysia compares
135 30th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Melaysia's all-time total is 64% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Melaysia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 135 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Melaysia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Melaysia splits its recorded history at 2012: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2005 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2014 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Melaysia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Melaysia by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (73 births, 54% of the file).
2010s was Melaysia's strongest decade.
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Melaysia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
42 births
- 2010s
2010s
73 births
- 2020s 14
2020s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 73 births (54% of all-time use).
Melaysia by state
Where Melaysia concentrates geographically, total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 3.7% |
5 of 135 births nationwide.
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What to do with Melaysia's data
- Melaysia's decade-level peak was the 2010s (73 total births); usage has since declined to 14 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Melaysias (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Melaysia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1999–2025 (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 Melaysia 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.