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Popular names of the 1990s

Six JPN tables for births in the 1990s: 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 1980s.

Top boy (Malay)
Muhammad
Top girl (Malay)
Nur Hidayah
New entries (of 60)
46
Biggest climb
Muhammad ▲9

Popular names of the 1990s · Malaysia

The six JPN tables

Malay table · boys

  1. 1.Muhammad 18.6% Up 9 places (from #10)
  2. 2.Muhammad Firdaus 16.5% New to the top 10
  3. 3.Muhammad Syafiq 12% New to the top 10
  4. 4.Muhammad Hafiz 9.9% New to the top 10
  5. 5.Muhammad Faiz 9.1% New to the top 10
  6. 6.Mohamad Firdaus 7.5% New to the top 10
  7. 7.Muhammad Afiq 7.3% New to the top 10
  8. 8.Muhammad Asyraf 6.7% New to the top 10
  9. 9.Mohd 6.4% Down 5 places (from #4)
  10. 10.Muhammad Aiman 6.1% New to the top 10
Top-10 total: 52,908.

Malay table · girls

  1. 1.Nur Hidayah 13.7% New to the top 10
  2. 2.Siti Aishah 11.2% Up 3 places (from #5)
  3. 3.Nur 10.7% New to the top 10
  4. 4.Siti Hajar 10.4% Down 1 places (from #3)
  5. 5.Siti Aisyah 9.7% New to the top 10
  6. 6.Nur Syafiqah 9.6% New to the top 10
  7. 7.Nur Atiqah 8.9% New to the top 10
  8. 8.Nurul Hidayah 8.8% New to the top 10
  9. 9.Nur Izzati 8.7% New to the top 10
  10. 10.Nur Atikah 8.5% New to the top 10
Top-10 total: 39,450.

Chinese table · boys

  1. 1.Kelvin 13.5% New to the top 10
  2. 2.Jason 10.8% New to the top 10
  3. 3.Nicholas 10.5% New to the top 10
  4. 4.Daniel 10.5% New to the top 10
  5. 5.Eric 10.4% New to the top 10
  6. 6.Alvin 9.6% New to the top 10
  7. 7.Kevin 9.0% New to the top 10
  8. 8.Vincent 8.9% New to the top 10
  9. 9.Wei Jie 8.4% New to the top 10
  10. 10.Jonathan 8.3% New to the top 10
Top-10 total: 9,498.

Chinese table · girls

  1. 1.Michelle 14.3% New to the top 10
  2. 2.Xin Yi 13.9% New to the top 10
  3. 3.Sin Yee 11% Up 5 places (from #8)
  4. 4.Jia Yi 9.9% New to the top 10
  5. 5.Jia Hui 9.5% New to the top 10
  6. 6.Tan 8.6% New to the top 10
  7. 7.Vivian 8.4% New to the top 10
  8. 8.Lim 8.3% New to the top 10
  9. 9.Jia Wen 8.2% New to the top 10
  10. 10.Lee 7.9% New to the top 10
Top-10 total: 10,039.

Indian table · boys

  1. 1.Dinesh 16.5% New to the top 10
  2. 2.Saravanan 13.6% Down 1 places (from #1)
  3. 3.Vikneswaran 11.4% New to the top 10
  4. 4.Kesavan 9.7% New to the top 10
  5. 5.Suresh 9.5% Down 3 places (from #2)
  6. 6.Logeswaran 8.7% New to the top 10
  7. 7.Prakash 8.0% Down 2 places (from #5)
  8. 8.Ganesan 7.7% Down 5 places (from #3)
  9. 9.Kumaresan 7.6% New to the top 10
  10. 10.Yogeswaran 7.4% New to the top 10
Top-10 total: 4,934.

Indian table · girls

  1. 1.Shalini 19.2% Up 7 places (from #8)
  2. 2.Nanthini 11.9% New to the top 10
  3. 3.Kalaivani 11% Up 1 places (from #4)
  4. 4.Pavitra 9.9% New to the top 10
  5. 5.Kasturi 9.7% Same place
  6. 6.Sharmila 9.1% New to the top 10
  7. 7.Kavitha 8.5% Down 6 places (from #1)
  8. 8.Pavithra 7.8% New to the top 10
  9. 9.Punitha 6.6% Down 6 places (from #3)
  10. 10.Sangeetha 6.4% New to the top 10
Top-10 total: 5,957.

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

Dropped out of the top 10 (46)

Names listed in the 1980s but not in the same table in the 1990s. The number is the place they held in the 1980s.

Malay table · boys

Malay table · girls

Chinese table · boys

Chinese table · girls

Indian table · boys

Indian table · girls

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, 1990s: JPN Rankings”. https://malaysiannames.com/en/popular-names/decade/1990/. 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 1980s. 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.