Girls' name · since 1974
Maila
Maila has 759 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,054 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,607 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 759
- born since 1974
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Maila is the #3607 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 759 recorded since 1974.
Maila has 759 recorded births among girls since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3607 as of the latest data, more common than 79% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2025.
- #9,054 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,607 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 759 born since 1974
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maila ranks #9,054 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,607 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 759 born since 1974, peaking in the 2020s.
- #9,054 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,607 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 759
- born since 1974
- 2020s
- peak decade
Maila's 759 recorded births place it above 87.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Maila compares
759 Top 37% higher than 63% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Maila's all-time total is 102% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maila | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 759 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 70 | 21 | 19,840 |
Maila's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Maila splits its recorded history at 2006: 81% of all births land in the more recent half, 19% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1974 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 70 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Maila popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 70
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Maila by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (302 births, 40% of the file).
2020s was Maila's strongest decade.
302 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Maila births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s 18
1980s
18 births
- 1990s 60
1990s
60 births
- 2000s
2000s
131 births
- 2010s
2010s
238 births
- 2020s
2020s
302 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 302 births (40% of all-time use).
How Maila compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Maila's total volume
Maila by state
Where Maila concentrates geographically, total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 100 | 13.2% |
| #2 | Hawaii | | 28 | 3.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 16 | 2.1% |
| #4 | Florida | | 12 | 1.6% |
100 of 759 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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- California records the most Mailas (100 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Maila: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~51 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1974–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Maila draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.