Girls' name · since 2007
Mailen
Mailen has 683 recorded births since 2007 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,661 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,525 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 683
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Mailen is the #5525 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 683 recorded since 2007.
Mailen has 683 recorded births among girls since 2007, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5525 as of the latest data, more common than 68% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- 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.
- #9,661 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,525 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 683 born since 2007
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mailen ranks #9,661 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,525 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 683 born since 2007, peaking in the 2010s.
- #9,661 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,525 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 683
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Mailen's 683 recorded births place it above 86.63% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Mailen compares
683 Top 39% higher than 61% 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
Mailen's all-time total is 82% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mailen | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 683 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 121 | 21 | 19,840 |
Mailen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mailen's full recorded timeline at 2016, 72% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 28% 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 2023 peak of 121 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mailen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 121
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Mailen by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (333 births, 49% of the file).
2010s was Mailen's strongest decade.
333 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Mailen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 21
2000s
21 births
- 2010s
2010s
333 births
- 2020s
2020s
329 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 333 births (49% of all-time use).
How Mailen 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 Mailen's total volume
Mailen by state
Where Mailen concentrates geographically, total births since 2007
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 146 | 21.4% |
| #2 | California | | 125 | 18.3% |
| #3 | New York | | 18 | 2.6% |
| #4 | Florida | | 11 | 1.6% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 9 | 1.3% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 8 | 1.2% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 6 | 0.9% |
| #8 | Maryland | | 5 | 0.7% |
146 of 683 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Mailen's data
- Mailen's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (333 total births) through the 2020s (329) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Mailens (146 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 Mailen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~18 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, 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 Mailen 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.