Girls' name · since 2007

Maileen

Since 2007, U.S. Social Security records show 132 babies named Maileen, peaking in 2020. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#24,117 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#7,398 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
132
born since 2007
2020s
peak decade

132 babies have been named Maileen since 2007, making it today's #7398 girls' name.

Maileen has 132 recorded births among girls since 2007, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7398 as of the latest data, more common than 57% 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 2007 to 2025.

  • #24,117 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #7,398 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 132 born since 2007
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maileen ranks #24,117 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,398 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 132 born since 2007, peaking in the 2020s.

#24,117 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#7,398 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
132
born since 2007
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%57.2%
Maileen vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Maileen's 132 recorded births place it above 66.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

1 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.

How Maileen compares

132 29th percentile among 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

Maileen's all-time total is 65% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Maileen Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 132 376 567,345
Peak-year births 17 21 19,840

Maileen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Maileen's full recorded timeline at 2018, 68% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 32% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2007, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2020 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Maileen popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2020)
17
Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
05101520 20072009201220172019202120232025 15

Maileen by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (74 births, 56% of the file).

2020s was Maileen's strongest decade.

74 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.

Maileen births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 74 births (56% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Maileen by state

Where Maileen concentrates geographically, total births since 2007

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Maileen
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
11 8.3%
Texas share of Maileen's total US births 8.3%

11 of 132 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Maileen?
Since 2007, Social Security records show 132 babies named Maileen. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #24,117 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #7,398 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2020, with 17 births.
Where does Maileen sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maileen ranks #24,117 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,398 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Maileen most popular?
Maileen was most popular in the 2020s decade with 74 total births. The single peak year was 2020.
Where is Maileen most popular?
The top states for the name Maileen are Texas (11 births).
How long has the name Maileen been used?
The SSA has tracked Maileen since 2007 -- 19 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Maileen?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Maia, Maisie, Maira, Mai, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Maileen's data

  • Texas records the most Maileens (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Maileen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2007–2025 (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 Maileen 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.