Official JPN data
Three generations of names, side by side
Each panel sets one decade’s top 10 beside the top 10 thirty years later, in the same table. A line joins names listed in both.
- 1950s → 1980s
- 4 / 60 shared
- 1980s → 2010s
- 2 / 60 shared
The 1980s vs the 2010s
Malay table · boys
| # | 1980s | 2010s |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mohd Faizal | Muhammad |
| 2 | Mohd Firdaus | Ahmad |
| 3 | Mohd Hafiz | Mohamad |
| 4 | Mohd | Muhamad |
| 5 | Zulkifli | Adam |
| 6 | Mohd Nazri | Mohammad |
| 7 | Ismail | Muhammad Adam |
| 8 | Mohd Ridzuan | Wan |
| 9 | Mohd Fauzi | Muhammad Ammar |
| 10 | Muhammad | Muhammad Haziq |
Malay table · girls
| # | 1980s | 2010s |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noraini | Nur |
| 2 | Norhayati | Nurul |
| 3 | Siti Hajar | Siti |
| 4 | Siti Fatimah | Puteri |
| 5 | Siti Aishah | Putri |
| 6 | Azlina | Wan |
| 7 | Norhidayah | Aisyah |
| 8 | Norliza | Nor |
| 9 | Mastura | Ainul Mardhiah |
| 10 | Juliana | Maryam |
Chinese table · boys
| # | 1980s | 2010s |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chee Keong | Jayden |
| 2 | Chee Wei | Lucas |
| 3 | Chee Seng | Ethan |
| 4 | Kok Leong | Marcus |
| 5 | Chee Hong | Ryan |
| 6 | Chee Wai | Bryan |
| 7 | Kok Wai | Aiden |
| 8 | Wai Kit | Jason |
| 9 | Kok Keong | Isaac |
| 10 | Wai Loon | Tan |
Chinese table · girls
| # | 1980s | 2010s |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mei Ling | Chloe |
| 2 | Siew Ling | Yu Xuan |
| 3 | Ai Ling | Yi Xuan |
| 4 | Pei Ling | Jia Xuan |
| 5 | Yee Ling | Zhi Xuan |
| 6 | Hui Ling | Xin Yi |
| 7 | Pei Pei | Zi Xuan |
| 8 | Sin Yee | Olivia |
| 9 | Mei Yee | Jia Xin |
| 10 | Wai Yee | Tan |
Indian table · boys
| # | 1980s | 2010s |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saravanan | Sharvin |
| 2 | Suresh | Darshan |
| 3 | Ganesan | Tharun |
| 4 | Murugan | Sai |
| 5 | Prakash | Darrshan |
| 6 | Kumaran | Roshan |
| 7 | Ramesh | Kavinesh |
| 8 | Kumar | Santhosh |
| 9 | Muniandy | Pravin |
| 10 | Mahendran | Haresh |
Indian table · girls
| # | 1980s | 2010s |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kavitha | Harshini |
| 2 | Saraswathy | Janani |
| 3 | Punitha | Harini |
| 4 | Kalaivani | Sai |
| 5 | Kasturi | Vaishnavi |
| 6 | Sumathi | Saranya |
| 7 | Santhi | Sri |
| 8 | Shalini | Shalini |
| 9 | Komathi | Kirthana |
| 10 | Amutha | Tharani |
The 1950s vs the 1980s
Malay table · boys
| # | 1950s | 1980s |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ismail | Mohd Faizal |
| 2 | Ahmad | Mohd Firdaus |
| 3 | Abdullah | Mohd Hafiz |
| 4 | Ibrahim | Mohd |
| 5 | Ramli | Zulkifli |
| 6 | Zakaria | Mohd Nazri |
| 7 | Othman | Ismail |
| 8 | Mohamad | Mohd Ridzuan |
| 9 | Abu Bakar | Mohd Fauzi |
| 10 | Abdul Rahman | Muhammad |
Malay table · girls
| # | 1950s | 1980s |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fatimah | Noraini |
| 2 | Azizah | Norhayati |
| 3 | Rokiah | Siti Hajar |
| 4 | Zainab | Siti Fatimah |
| 5 | Hasnah | Siti Aishah |
| 6 | Rohani | Azlina |
| 7 | Ramlah | Norhidayah |
| 8 | Hamidah | Norliza |
| 9 | Halimah | Mastura |
| 10 | Salmah | Juliana |
Chinese table · boys
| # | 1950s | 1980s |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lee | Chee Keong |
| 2 | Wong | Chee Wei |
| 3 | Tan | Chee Seng |
| 4 | Ah Kow | Kok Leong |
| 5 | Lim | Chee Hong |
| 6 | Chong | Chee Wai |
| 7 | Chee Keong | Kok Wai |
| 8 | Ng | Wai Kit |
| 9 | Ah Lek | Kok Keong |
| 10 | Chan | Wai Loon |
Chinese table · girls
| # | 1950s | 1980s |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ah Moi | Mei Ling |
| 2 | Ah Mooi | Siew Ling |
| 3 | Tan | Ai Ling |
| 4 | Lim | Pei Ling |
| 5 | Lee | Yee Ling |
| 6 | Siew Lan | Hui Ling |
| 7 | Wong | Pei Pei |
| 8 | Siew Eng | Sin Yee |
| 9 | Ah Moy | Mei Yee |
| 10 | Ah Lan | Wai Yee |
Indian table · boys
| # | 1950s | 1980s |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Subramaniam | Saravanan |
| 2 | Krishnan | Suresh |
| 3 | Muniandy | Ganesan |
| 4 | Arumugam | Murugan |
| 5 | Balakrishnan | Prakash |
| 6 | Ramasamy | Kumaran |
| 7 | Raman | Ramesh |
| 8 | Munusamy | Kumar |
| 9 | Ramachandran | Muniandy |
| 10 | Maniam | Mahendran |
Indian table · girls
| # | 1950s | 1980s |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Muniamah | Kavitha |
| 2 | Saroja | Saraswathy |
| 3 | Saraswathy | Punitha |
| 4 | Letchumy | Kalaivani |
| 5 | Kamala | Kasturi |
| 6 | Devi | Sumathi |
| 7 | Parvathy | Santhi |
| 8 | Susila | Shalini |
| 9 | Mariayee | Komathi |
| 10 | Nagamah | Amutha |
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The Malay, Chinese and Indian tables are JPN’s own breakdown; they describe the data, not people. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
How to cite
Free to quote with a link to this page. Suggested citation:
MalaysianNames (malaysiannames.com). “Parents’ and Children’s Names: JPN 1980s vs 2010s”. https://malaysiannames.com/en/popular-names/generations/. 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):
Frequently asked questions
Does this mean parents born in the 1980s had children in the 2010s?
It compares birth decades 30 years apart, not family data. JPN publishes no parent-child links.
Why does the Chinese table show surnames?
In the Chinese tables the published entry is often a surname such as Tan or Lee, especially in early decades.