Maileen — #11776 US girls' name
117 babies named Maileen in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 33% of names given to girls today.
50% of everyone ever named Maileen was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Maileen in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Maileen
The Social Security Administration has registered 117 babies named Maileen between 2007 and 2024, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maileen currently holds the #11776 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Maileen performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 59 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Maileen shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Maileen in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Maileen in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 117 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Maileen at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Maileen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2007
- Peak year (2020)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
Currently ranks #11776 among girls.
117 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 17 births in a single year.
Maileen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 59 births that decade — 50% of Maileen's all-time total
Maileen decade highlights
- Peak decade 59 births
- Runner-up 42 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Maileen's strongest decade
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Maileen by state
Where Maileen concentrates geographically — total births since 2007
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 4.3% |
5 of 117 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 4.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 4.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2007–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.