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Popular names of the 1970s

Six JPN tables for births in the 1970s: 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 1960s.

Top boy (Malay)
Azman
Top girl (Malay)
Norhayati
New entries (of 60)
32
Biggest climb
Rohana ▲4

Popular names of the 1970s · Malaysia

The six JPN tables

Malay table · boys

  1. 1.Azman 14% Up 2 places (from #3)
  2. 2.Rosli 12.2% Same place
  3. 3.Azmi 11.1% Up 3 places (from #6)
  4. 4.Zulkifli 10.6% Up 1 places (from #5)
  5. 5.Ismail 10.1% Down 4 places (from #1)
  6. 6.Roslan 9.9% Down 2 places (from #4)
  7. 7.Azhar 8.8% New to the top 10
  8. 8.Suhaimi 8.2% New to the top 10
  9. 9.Zamri 8.1% New to the top 10
  10. 10.Anuar 7.0% New to the top 10
Top-10 total: 43,947.

Malay table · girls

  1. 1.Norhayati 14.4% New to the top 10
  2. 2.Noraini 13.3% Up 3 places (from #5)
  3. 3.Rohana 12.3% Up 4 places (from #7)
  4. 4.Rohani 11% Down 3 places (from #1)
  5. 5.Faridah 8.9% Down 3 places (from #2)
  6. 6.Azizah 8.7% Down 3 places (from #3)
  7. 7.Zarina 8.6% New to the top 10
  8. 8.Rozita 8.5% New to the top 10
  9. 9.Norliza 7.3% New to the top 10
  10. 10.Roslina 7.0% New to the top 10
Top-10 total: 50,495.

Chinese table · boys

  1. 1.Chee Keong 22% Same place
  2. 2.Kok Leong 12.5% Up 1 places (from #3)
  3. 3.Chee Seng 10.6% Up 2 places (from #5)
  4. 4.Chee Meng 9.6% Down 2 places (from #2)
  5. 5.Kok Keong 9.3% Up 1 places (from #6)
  6. 6.Chee Wai 8.3% New to the top 10
  7. 7.Chee Kong 7.5% Down 3 places (from #4)
  8. 8.Chee Leong 6.9% New to the top 10
  9. 9.Kok Wai 6.8% New to the top 10
  10. 10.Chee Hong 6.5% New to the top 10
Top-10 total: 10,908.

Chinese table · girls

  1. 1.Mei Ling 15.1% New to the top 10
  2. 2.Lee Lee 13% Up 1 places (from #3)
  3. 3.Siew Ling 12.9% New to the top 10
  4. 4.Ai Ling 9.2% New to the top 10
  5. 5.Siew Lee 8.8% New to the top 10
  6. 6.Siew Peng 8.4% New to the top 10
  7. 7.Ling Ling 8.3% New to the top 10
  8. 8.Siew Chin 8.3% Down 6 places (from #2)
  9. 9.Siew Fong 8.0% Down 1 places (from #8)
  10. 10.Li Li 8.0% New to the top 10
Top-10 total: 10,042.

Indian table · boys

  1. 1.Saravanan 18.1% New to the top 10
  2. 2.Murugan 15.4% New to the top 10
  3. 3.Ramesh 10.5% New to the top 10
  4. 4.Subramaniam 10.0% Down 3 places (from #1)
  5. 5.Sivakumar 8.6% New to the top 10
  6. 6.Ganesan 8.6% Down 2 places (from #4)
  7. 7.Suresh 8.4% New to the top 10
  8. 8.Muniandy 8.2% Down 6 places (from #2)
  9. 9.Kumar 6.2% New to the top 10
  10. 10.Kumaran 6.1% New to the top 10
Top-10 total: 10,270.

Indian table · girls

  1. 1.Saraswathy 16.3% Up 1 places (from #2)
  2. 2.Santhi 14.8% Down 1 places (from #1)
  3. 3.Kavitha 13.1% New to the top 10
  4. 4.Sumathi 10.8% New to the top 10
  5. 5.Letchumy 9.8% Down 1 places (from #4)
  6. 6.Devi 8.2% Up 1 places (from #7)
  7. 7.Amutha 7.5% New to the top 10
  8. 8.Selvi 6.5% Up 1 places (from #9)
  9. 9.Nirmala 6.5% New to the top 10
  10. 10.Vimala 6.5% New to the top 10
Top-10 total: 7,563.

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

Dropped out of the top 10 (32)

Names listed in the 1960s but not in the same table in the 1970s. The number is the place they held in the 1960s.

Malay table · boys

Malay table · girls

Chinese table · boys

Chinese table · girls

Indian table · boys

Indian table · girls

Generations: the 1970s vs the 2000s

How many names in each 1970s 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
0 / 10
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, 1970s: JPN Rankings”. https://malaysiannames.com/en/popular-names/decade/1970/. 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 1960s. 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.