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Origin & history of Malai1
Thai roots
Malai comes from the Thai tradition, meaning Garland of flowers.
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How popular is Malai?
2020
peak year
Malai first appears in the U.S. registration record in 2005. Its popularity climbed over the following decades. In 2020, 17 babies received the name (ranked #6810). Today it sits well outside the top 1,000 (around #10979), with roughly 10 babies named Malai each year. Malai's usage has held roughly steady recently. In total, around 196 babies have been registered with this name since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations
1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
17
Babies named in peak year
(ranked #6,810)
(ranked #6,810)
10
Avg. per year
(last decade)
(last decade)
100
Total registrations
last 10 years
last 10 years
196
All-time total
(since 1880)
(since 1880)
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Numerology of Malai9
Life path number
The Humanitarian
Compassion, wisdom and humanitarianism.
🌍Humanitarian
🎨Creative
🌟Wise
💝Loving
M4
A1
L3
A1
I9
Sum: 18 → Life path 9
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Personality of Malai🌍
Compassionate soul
They carry the weight of the world with grace.
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Richly creative
Deep feeling translates into deep art.
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Old soul wisdom
They've always seemed wiser than their years.
💝
Unconditional love
Their love is vast and forgiving.
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