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Popular names of the 2000s

Six JPN tables for births in the 2000s: 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 1990s.

Top boy (Malay)
Muhammad
Top girl (Malay)
Nur
New entries (of 60)
36
Biggest climb
Muhammad Aiman ▲8

Popular names of the 2000s · Malaysia

The six JPN tables

Malay table · boys

  1. 1.Muhammad 42.4% Same place
  2. 2.Muhammad Aiman 8.7% Up 8 places (from #10)
  3. 3.Muhammad Firdaus 8.7% Down 1 places (from #2)
  4. 4.Muhammad Haziq 7.2% New to the top 10
  5. 5.Muhammad Haikal 7.0% New to the top 10
  6. 6.Muhammad Irfan 6.6% New to the top 10
  7. 7.Mohamad 6.0% New to the top 10
  8. 8.Muhammad Hafiz 4.7% Down 4 places (from #4)
  9. 9.Muhammad Afiq 4.3% Down 2 places (from #7)
  10. 10.Muhammad Adam 4.3% New to the top 10
Top-10 total: 80,187.

Malay table · girls

  1. 1.Nur 37.5% Up 2 places (from #3)
  2. 2.Nurul 12.6% New to the top 10
  3. 3.Siti 9.2% New to the top 10
  4. 4.Siti Aisyah 7.2% Up 1 places (from #5)
  5. 5.Nur Athirah 6.9% New to the top 10
  6. 6.Nurul Ain 5.7% New to the top 10
  7. 7.Nur Hidayah 5.5% Down 6 places (from #1)
  8. 8.Nur Syafiqah 5.4% Down 2 places (from #6)
  9. 9.Nur Fatihah 5.2% New to the top 10
  10. 10.Nur Aisyah 4.9% New to the top 10
Top-10 total: 47,680.

Chinese table · boys

  1. 1.Bryan 14.5% New to the top 10
  2. 2.Jason 11.5% Same place
  3. 3.Nicholas 11.2% Same place
  4. 4.Ivan 9.7% New to the top 10
  5. 5.Kelvin 9.4% Down 4 places (from #1)
  6. 6.Daniel 9.2% Down 2 places (from #4)
  7. 7.Alvin 8.9% Down 1 places (from #6)
  8. 8.Darren 8.9% New to the top 10
  9. 9.Ryan 8.5% New to the top 10
  10. 10.Vincent 8.3% Down 2 places (from #8)
Top-10 total: 14,325.

Chinese table · girls

  1. 1.Xin Yi 18.5% Up 1 places (from #2)
  2. 2.Chloe 10.7% New to the top 10
  3. 3.Jia Yi 9.9% Up 1 places (from #4)
  4. 4.Jia Xin 9.7% New to the top 10
  5. 5.Nicole 9.5% New to the top 10
  6. 6.Jia Xuan 9.2% New to the top 10
  7. 7.Jia Hui 8.9% Down 2 places (from #5)
  8. 8.Yi Xuan 8.0% New to the top 10
  9. 9.Rachel 7.9% New to the top 10
  10. 10.Joey 7.7% New to the top 10
Top-10 total: 14,579.

Indian table · boys

  1. 1.Sharvin 22.7% New to the top 10
  2. 2.Dinesh 16.5% Down 1 places (from #1)
  3. 3.Pravin 13.1% New to the top 10
  4. 4.Pavithran 7.5% New to the top 10
  5. 5.Darshan 7.2% New to the top 10
  6. 6.Praveen 7.2% New to the top 10
  7. 7.Arvind 6.7% New to the top 10
  8. 8.Hariharan 6.7% New to the top 10
  9. 9.Navin 6.3% New to the top 10
  10. 10.Kesavan 6.1% Down 6 places (from #4)
Top-10 total: 4,012.

Indian table · girls

  1. 1.Shalini 18.6% Same place
  2. 2.Pavitra 12.2% Up 2 places (from #4)
  3. 3.Darshini 9.1% New to the top 10
  4. 4.Saranya 8.9% New to the top 10
  5. 5.Tharani 8.8% New to the top 10
  6. 6.Janani 8.7% New to the top 10
  7. 7.Pavithra 8.6% Up 1 places (from #8)
  8. 8.Harshini 8.5% New to the top 10
  9. 9.Sharmila 8.4% Down 3 places (from #6)
  10. 10.Kirthana 8.3% New to the top 10
Top-10 total: 3,753.

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

Dropped out of the top 10 (36)

Names listed in the 1990s but not in the same table in the 2000s. The number is the place they held in the 1990s.

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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MalaysianNames (malaysiannames.com). “Popular Names in Malaysia, 2000s: JPN Rankings”. https://malaysiannames.com/en/popular-names/decade/2000/. 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):

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Frequently asked questions

What does the NEW badge mean?

The name was not in the same table’s top 10 for the 1990s. 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.