Mailen — #3430 US girls' name
659 babies named Mailen in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 81% of names given to girls today.
51% of everyone ever named Mailen was born in this single decade.
120 babies were named Mailen in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mailen
The Social Security Administration has registered 659 babies named Mailen between 2007 and 2024, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mailen currently holds the #3430 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 120 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mailen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 333 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Mailen shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 141 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Mailen in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mailen 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 659 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.
Mailen at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mailen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2007
- Peak year (2023)
- 120
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
Currently ranks #3430 among girls.
659 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 120 births in a single year.
Mailen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 333 births that decade — 51% of Mailen's all-time total
Mailen decade highlights
- Peak decade 333 births
- Runner-up 305 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Mailen's strongest decade
333 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Mailen by state
Where Mailen concentrates geographically — total births since 2007
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 141 | 21.4% |
| #2 | California | | 124 | 18.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 18 | 2.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 11 | 1.7% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 9 | 1.4% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 8 | 1.2% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 6 | 0.9% |
| #8 | Maryland | | 5 | 0.8% |
141 of 659 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 21.4% of nationwide
- California 18.8% of nationwide
- New York 2.7% of nationwide
- Florida 1.7% of nationwide
- Arizona 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 21.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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.