Girls' name · since 1961
Mavelyn
Since 1961, U.S. Social Security records show 15 babies named Mavelyn, peaking in 1961. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #49,979 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,226 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 15
- born since 1961
- 2020s
- peak decade
15 babies have been named Mavelyn since 1961, making it today's #15226 girls' name.
Mavelyn has 15 recorded births among girls since 1961, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15226 as of the latest data, more common than 12% 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 1961 to 2025.
- #49,979 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,226 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 15 born since 1961
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mavelyn ranks #49,979 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,226 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 15 born since 1961, peaking in the 2020s.
- #49,979 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,226 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 15
- born since 1961
- 2020s
- peak decade
Mavelyn's 15 recorded births place it above 30.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Mavelyn compares
15 5th 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
Mavelyn's all-time total is 96% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mavelyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 15 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 5 | 21 | 19,840 |
Mavelyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mavelyn's full recorded timeline at 2024, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1961, with just 5 recorded births.
Mavelyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–2025
- Peak year (1961)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 65 years of records
Mavelyn by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (10 births, 67% of the file).
2020s was Mavelyn's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Mavelyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 10 births (67% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Mavelyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1961)
Similar record span (~64 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, 1961–2025 (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 Mavelyn 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.