Girls' name · since 1984
Mailin
Mailin has 238 recorded births since 1984 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,079 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 238
- born since 1984
- 2020s
- peak decade
238 girls have been named Mailin since 1984, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Mailin has 238 recorded births among girls since 1984, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1984 to 2024.
- #18,079 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 238 born since 1984
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mailin ranks #18,079 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 238 born since 1984, peaking in the 2020s.
- #18,079 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 238
- born since 1984
- 2020s
- peak decade
Mailin's 238 recorded births place it above 74.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
Mailin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mailin's full recorded timeline at 2009, 64% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 36% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1984, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 25 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mailin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2024
- Peak year (2022)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Mailin by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (86 births, 36% of the file).
2020s was Mailin's strongest decade.
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Mailin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 16
1990s
16 births
- 2000s
2000s
72 births
- 2010s
2010s
59 births
- 2020s
2020s
86 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 86 births (36% of all-time use).
Mailin by state
Where Mailin concentrates geographically, total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 11 | 4.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 7 | 2.9% |
11 of 238 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Mailin's data
- California records the most Mailins (11 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Mailin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~40 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, 1984–2024 (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 Mailin 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.