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Popular names of the 1960s

Six JPN tables for births in the 1960s: 10 boys’ and 10 girls’ names in each of the Malay, Chinese and Indian tables. Percentages are each name’s share of its table’s top-10 total; badges compare places with the 1950s.

Top boy (Malay)
Ismail
Top girl (Malay)
Rohani
New entries (of 60)
38
Biggest climb
Chee Keong ▲6

Popular names of the 1960s · Malaysia

The six JPN tables

Malay table · boys

  1. 1.Ismail 14.8% Same place
  2. 2.Rosli 13.3% New to the top 10
  3. 3.Azman 10.9% New to the top 10
  4. 4.Roslan 10.8% New to the top 10
  5. 5.Zulkifli 10% New to the top 10
  6. 6.Azmi 9.9% New to the top 10
  7. 7.Ahmad 8.1% Down 5 places (from #2)
  8. 8.Zakaria 7.5% Down 2 places (from #6)
  9. 9.Ramli 7.4% Down 4 places (from #5)
  10. 10.Abdullah 7.3% Down 7 places (from #3)
Top-10 total: 53,604.

Malay table · girls

  1. 1.Rohani 12.1% Up 5 places (from #6)
  2. 2.Faridah 12.1% New to the top 10
  3. 3.Azizah 11.6% Down 1 places (from #2)
  4. 4.Fatimah 11.1% Down 3 places (from #1)
  5. 5.Noraini 9.5% New to the top 10
  6. 6.Hasnah 9.1% Down 1 places (from #5)
  7. 7.Rohana 9.0% New to the top 10
  8. 8.Zaiton 8.8% New to the top 10
  9. 9.Hamidah 8.8% Down 1 places (from #8)
  10. 10.Jamilah 7.9% New to the top 10
Top-10 total: 66,452.

Chinese table · boys

  1. 1.Chee Keong 21.3% Up 6 places (from #7)
  2. 2.Chee Meng 11.6% New to the top 10
  3. 3.Kok Leong 10.8% New to the top 10
  4. 4.Chee Kong 10.0% New to the top 10
  5. 5.Chee Seng 9.3% New to the top 10
  6. 6.Kok Keong 9.0% New to the top 10
  7. 7.Kok Wah 8.1% New to the top 10
  8. 8.Chee Ming 7.0% New to the top 10
  9. 9.Kim Seng 6.8% New to the top 10
  10. 10.Kok Seng 6.2% New to the top 10
Top-10 total: 8,882.

Chinese table · girls

  1. 1.Siew Lan 13.2% Up 5 places (from #6)
  2. 2.Siew Chin 12% New to the top 10
  3. 3.Lee Lee 11.4% New to the top 10
  4. 4.Siew Hong 10.7% New to the top 10
  5. 5.Siew Choo 9.8% New to the top 10
  6. 6.Poh Choo 9.5% New to the top 10
  7. 7.Siew Eng 8.9% Up 1 places (from #8)
  8. 8.Siew Fong 8.4% New to the top 10
  9. 9.Siew Lian 8.0% New to the top 10
  10. 10.Yoke Lan 8.0% New to the top 10
Top-10 total: 9,419.

Indian table · boys

  1. 1.Subramaniam 22.4% Same place
  2. 2.Muniandy 12.6% Up 1 places (from #3)
  3. 3.Krishnan 9.5% Down 1 places (from #2)
  4. 4.Ganesan 9.2% New to the top 10
  5. 5.Chandran 9.0% New to the top 10
  6. 6.Rajendran 8.6% New to the top 10
  7. 7.Arumugam 8.5% Down 3 places (from #4)
  8. 8.Ravi 7.1% New to the top 10
  9. 9.Ravichandran 6.7% New to the top 10
  10. 10.Mohan 6.4% New to the top 10
Top-10 total: 8,276.

Indian table · girls

  1. 1.Santhi 17.8% New to the top 10
  2. 2.Saraswathy 16.7% Up 1 places (from #3)
  3. 3.Saroja 11.8% Down 1 places (from #2)
  4. 4.Letchumy 9.3% Same place
  5. 5.Vasanthi 8.8% New to the top 10
  6. 6.Vijaya 7.6% New to the top 10
  7. 7.Devi 7.4% Down 1 places (from #6)
  8. 8.Muniamah 7.2% Down 7 places (from #1)
  9. 9.Selvi 7.0% New to the top 10
  10. 10.Rajeswari 6.4% New to the top 10
Top-10 total: 7,134.

Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0) · malaysiannames.com

Dropped out of the top 10 (38)

Names listed in the 1950s but not in the same table in the 1960s. The number is the place they held in the 1950s.

Malay table · boys

Malay table · girls

Chinese table · boys

Chinese table · girls

Indian table · boys

Indian table · girls

Generations: the 1960s vs the 1990s

How many names in each 1960s table were still listed 30 years later.

Malay · boys
0 / 10
Malay · girls
0 / 10
Chinese · boys
0 / 10
Chinese · girls
0 / 10
Indian · boys
1 / 10 (Ganesan)
Indian · girls
0 / 10
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The Malay, Chinese and Indian tables are JPN’s own breakdown of the data. They describe the data, not people: anyone can bear the same name. In the Chinese tables the published entry is often a surname. Print this page for a six-table A4 poster. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

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How to cite

Free to quote with a link to this page. Suggested citation:

MalaysianNames (malaysiannames.com). “Popular Names in Malaysia, 1960s: JPN Rankings”. https://malaysiannames.com/en/popular-names/decade/1960/. Updated . Data: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0), last updated 2023-07-26.

Download the JPN top-10 tables we use (decade, table, sex, rank, name, count, share of the top-10 total):

Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Frequently asked questions

What does the NEW badge mean?

The name was not in the same table’s top 10 for the 1950s. It does not mean nobody bore the name before.

Why percentages, not counts?

Top-10 totals change a lot between decades and tables, so a share of that total compares more fairly. Raw counts show beside the percentage on wide screens.

Why is my name missing?

JPN publishes only the top 10 names per sex in each table. A name outside that list has no public figure, and we do not estimate one.