Malay Boy Names
Explore names documented in Malay naming traditions. Compare these spellings using U.S. birth records, which do not measure popularity in other countries.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recorded in Malay; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1929. | 1,473#239 | Up 71 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Recorded in Malay; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1950. | 407#669 | Down 44 rank positions in five years | 2001 | ||
Recorded in Malay; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1949. | 698#450 | Up 123 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Recorded in Malay; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | 9#8,398 | Down 3,509 rank positions in five years | 1957 | ||
Recorded in Malay; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1947. | 337#763 | Up 49 rank positions in five years | 2014 | ||
Recorded in Malay; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1930. | 84#1,867 | Down 355 rank positions in five years | 1975 | ||
Recorded in Malay; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1914. | 391#694 | Up 134 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Recorded in Malay; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1962. | 204#1,065 | Up 298 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Recorded in Malay; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1978. | 151#1,292 | Up 69 rank positions in five years | 2016 | ||
Recorded in Malay; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1969. | 38#3,128 | Up 222 rank positions in five years | 1978 | ||
Recorded in Malay; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1962. | 46#2,776 | Up 219 rank positions in five years | 1976 | ||
Recorded in Malay; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1966. | 51#2,589 | Up 1,033 rank positions in five years | 2015 | ||
Recorded in Malay; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1980. | 56#2,428 | Down 257 rank positions in five years | 2002 | ||
Recorded in Malay; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1974. | 55#2,472 | Down 268 rank positions in five years | 2018 | ||
Recorded in Malay; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1996. | 85#1,854 | Up 94 rank positions in five years | 2018 | ||
Recorded in Malay; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1973. | 22#4,677 | Up 1,877 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
Recorded in Malay; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1983. | 8#9,092 | Up 1,805 rank positions in five years | 2003 | ||
Recorded in Malay; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2004. | 39#3,113 | Up 1,540 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Recorded in Malay; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2006. | 9#8,610 | Down 3,468 rank positions in five years | 2014 | ||
Recorded in Malay; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1984. | 13#6,539 | Down 1,246 rank positions in five years | 2020 | ||
Recorded in Malay; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1999. | 8#9,202 | new | 2015 | ||
Recorded in Malay; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1964. | 13#6,590 | new | 2025 | ||
Recorded in Malay; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2004. | —Unranked | — | 2023 | ||
Recorded in Malay; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2025. | 5#12,631 | new | 2025 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.