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Modern names in Malaysia

84 names

How this list is chosen: “modern” here means the name is listed in a JPN table (top 10 for each sex) for births in the 2000s or 2010s, for that gender. We do not label a name modern for any other reason. Figures: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0).

Names
84
Top in the 2010s (boy)
Muhammad
Top in the 2010s (girl)
Nur
Decades in the data
8
1940 · Boy: 21940 · Girl: 0 1940 1950 · Boy: 21950 · Girl: 0 1950 1960 · Boy: 11960 · Girl: 0 1960 1970 · Boy: 01970 · Girl: 0 1970 1980 · Boy: 11980 · Girl: 3 1980 1990 · Boy: 131990 · Girl: 11 1990 2000 · Boy: 282000 · Girl: 29 2000 2829 2010 · Boy: 242010 · Girl: 26 2010
How many names on this list appear in the JPN tables for each decade of birth. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0).
DecadeBoyGirl
194020
195020
196010
197000
198013
19901311
20002829
20102426

Registrations, 2010s (boy)

  1. 1.Muhammad 35,274
  2. 2.Jayden 3,752
  3. 3.Ahmad 3,068
  4. 4.Lucas 1,869
  5. 5.Ethan 1,713
  6. 6.Adam 1,490
  7. 7.Mohammad 1,482
  8. 8.Muhammad Adam 1,244
  9. 9.Marcus 1,119
  10. 10.Muhammad Ammar 1,082
People registered with this name (the first name as published by JPN), births in the 2010s. Small line: the name’s share of each decade’s top-10 total from the 1940s. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0).

Registrations, 2010s (girl)

  1. 1.Nur 23,159
  2. 2.Nurul 2,589
  3. 3.Chloe 2,279
  4. 4.Siti 1,746
  5. 5.Yu Xuan 1,317
  6. 6.Puteri 1,237
  7. 7.Putri 1,042
  8. 8.Yi Xuan 1,008
  9. 9.Jia Xuan 984
  10. 10.Zhi Xuan 975
People registered with this name (the first name as published by JPN), births in the 2010s. Small line: the name’s share of each decade’s top-10 total from the 1940s. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0).

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