Girls' name · since 1975
Mailee
Mailee has 639 recorded births since 1975 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,110 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,234 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 639
- born since 1975
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Mailee is the #7234 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 639 recorded since 1975.
Mailee has 639 recorded births among girls since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7234 as of the latest data, more common than 58% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2025.
- #10,110 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,234 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 639 born since 1975
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mailee ranks #10,110 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,234 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 639 born since 1975, peaking in the 2000s.
- #10,110 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,234 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 639
- born since 1975
- 2000s
- peak decade
Mailee's 639 recorded births place it above 86.01% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Mailee compares
639 Top 40% higher than 60% 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
Mailee's all-time total is 70% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mailee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 639 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 38 | 21 | 19,840 |
Mailee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mailee's full recorded timeline at 2005, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1975, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 38 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mailee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 38
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Mailee by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (250 births, 39% of the file).
2000s was Mailee's strongest decade.
250 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Mailee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s 27
1980s
27 births
- 1990s 77
1990s
77 births
- 2000s
2000s
250 births
- 2010s
2010s
181 births
- 2020s 94
2020s
94 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 250 births (39% of all-time use).
How Mailee 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 Mailee's total volume
Mailee by state
Where Mailee concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 45 | 7.0% |
| #2 | Utah | | 6 | 0.9% |
45 of 639 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Mailee's data
- Mailee's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (250 total births) through the 2020s (94) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Mailees (45 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 Mailee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1975–2025 (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 Mailee 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.