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Popular names of the 2010s

Six JPN tables for births in the 2010s: 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 2000s.

Top boy (Malay)
Muhammad
Top girl (Malay)
Nur
New entries (of 60)
36
Biggest climb
Harshini ▲7

Popular names of the 2010s · Malaysia

The six JPN tables

Malay table · boys

  1. 1.Muhammad 70.2% Same place
  2. 2.Ahmad 6.1% New to the top 10
  3. 3.Mohamad 5.1% Up 4 places (from #7)
  4. 4.Muhamad 3.8% New to the top 10
  5. 5.Adam 3.0% New to the top 10
  6. 6.Mohammad 3.0% New to the top 10
  7. 7.Muhammad Adam 2.5% Up 3 places (from #10)
  8. 8.Wan 2.2% New to the top 10
  9. 9.Muhammad Ammar 2.2% New to the top 10
  10. 10.Muhammad Haziq 2.1% Down 6 places (from #4)
Top-10 total: 50,235.

Malay table · girls

  1. 1.Nur 69% Same place
  2. 2.Nurul 7.7% Same place
  3. 3.Siti 5.2% Same place
  4. 4.Puteri 3.7% New to the top 10
  5. 5.Putri 3.1% New to the top 10
  6. 6.Wan 3.0% New to the top 10
  7. 7.Aisyah 2.4% New to the top 10
  8. 8.Nor 2.2% New to the top 10
  9. 9.Ainul Mardhiah 2.1% New to the top 10
  10. 10.Maryam 1.7% New to the top 10
Top-10 total: 33,569.

Chinese table · boys

  1. 1.Jayden 28.1% New to the top 10
  2. 2.Lucas 14% New to the top 10
  3. 3.Ethan 12.8% New to the top 10
  4. 4.Marcus 8.4% New to the top 10
  5. 5.Ryan 7.3% Up 4 places (from #9)
  6. 6.Bryan 6.1% Down 5 places (from #1)
  7. 7.Aiden 6.0% New to the top 10
  8. 8.Jason 5.8% Down 6 places (from #2)
  9. 9.Isaac 5.8% New to the top 10
  10. 10.Tan 5.8% New to the top 10
Top-10 total: 13,375.

Chinese table · girls

  1. 1.Chloe 20.7% Up 1 places (from #2)
  2. 2.Yu Xuan 12% New to the top 10
  3. 3.Yi Xuan 9.2% Up 5 places (from #8)
  4. 4.Jia Xuan 8.9% Up 2 places (from #6)
  5. 5.Zhi Xuan 8.9% New to the top 10
  6. 6.Xin Yi 8.8% Down 5 places (from #1)
  7. 7.Zi Xuan 8.2% New to the top 10
  8. 8.Olivia 8.1% New to the top 10
  9. 9.Jia Xin 7.7% Down 5 places (from #4)
  10. 10.Tan 7.5% New to the top 10
Top-10 total: 11,000.

Indian table · boys

  1. 1.Sharvin 18.3% Same place
  2. 2.Darshan 15% Up 3 places (from #5)
  3. 3.Tharun 9.5% New to the top 10
  4. 4.Sai 9.1% New to the top 10
  5. 5.Darrshan 8.9% New to the top 10
  6. 6.Roshan 8.9% New to the top 10
  7. 7.Kavinesh 8.5% New to the top 10
  8. 8.Santhosh 7.6% New to the top 10
  9. 9.Pravin 7.4% Down 6 places (from #3)
  10. 10.Haresh 6.9% New to the top 10
Top-10 total: 767.

Indian table · girls

  1. 1.Harshini 17.9% Up 7 places (from #8)
  2. 2.Janani 16.8% Up 4 places (from #6)
  3. 3.Harini 9.4% New to the top 10
  4. 4.Sai 9.0% New to the top 10
  5. 5.Vaishnavi 8.5% New to the top 10
  6. 6.Saranya 8.1% Down 2 places (from #4)
  7. 7.Sri 8.1% New to the top 10
  8. 8.Shalini 7.6% Down 7 places (from #1)
  9. 9.Kirthana 7.4% Up 1 places (from #10)
  10. 10.Tharani 7.4% Down 5 places (from #5)
Top-10 total: 543.

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

Dropped out of the top 10 (36)

Names listed in the 2000s but not in the same table in the 2010s. The number is the place they held in the 2000s.

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, 2010s: JPN Rankings”. https://malaysiannames.com/en/popular-names/decade/2010/. 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 2000s. 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.