Girls' name · since 1975
Mandalyn
300 babies named Mandalyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,905 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 300
- born since 1975
- 2000s
- peak decade
Mandalyn is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 300 have been recorded since 1975.
Mandalyn has 300 recorded births among girls since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2016.
- #15,905 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 300 born since 1975
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mandalyn ranks #15,905 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 300 born since 1975, peaking in the 2000s.
- #15,905 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 300
- born since 1975
- 2000s
- peak decade
Mandalyn's 300 recorded births place it above 77.99% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Mandalyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Mandalyn's SSA record in two at 1997 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1984, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2002 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Mandalyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2016
- Peak year (2002)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Mandalyn by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (93 births, 31% of the file).
2000s was Mandalyn's strongest decade.
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Mandalyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
39 births
- 1980s
1980s
50 births
- 1990s
1990s
84 births
- 2000s
2000s
93 births
- 2010s 34
2010s
34 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 93 births (31% of all-time use).
Mandalyn by state
Where Mandalyn concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.7% |
5 of 300 births nationwide.
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- Mandalyn's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (93 total births) through the 2010s (34) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Mandalyns (5 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 Mandalyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1975–2016 (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 Mandalyn 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.