female NAME · CURRENTLY #775
Malaya
muh-LAH-yah
“free”
A melodic given name that is also associated with the Tagalog word for “free.”
SSA POPULARITY HISTORY
How Malaya has traveled through time
51980
71990
161995
842000
2122005
3182010
3912015
4292020
3512025
LATEST YEAR2025351 births
PEAK RANK#633in 2013
CURRENT USAGE100% F0% M
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration. SSA excludes names with fewer than five occurrences in a geographic area.