Girls' name · since 2001
Maylani
Maylani has 987 recorded births since 2001 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,593 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,000 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 987
- born since 2001
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Maylani is the #2000 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 987 recorded since 2001.
Maylani has 987 recorded births among girls since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2000 as of the latest data, more common than 88% 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 2001 to 2025.
- #7,593 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,000 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 987 born since 2001
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maylani ranks #7,593 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,000 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 987 born since 2001, peaking in the 2020s.
- #7,593 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,000 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 987
- born since 2001
- 2020s
- peak decade
Maylani's 987 recorded births place it above 89.5% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
12 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Maylani compares
987 Top 32% higher than 68% 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
Maylani's all-time total is 163% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maylani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 987 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 96 | 21 | 19,840 |
Maylani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Maylani's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 81% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 19%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2003, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 96, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Maylani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 96
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Maylani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (480 births, 49% of the file).
2020s was Maylani's strongest decade.
480 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Maylani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 94
2000s
94 births
- 2010s
2010s
413 births
- 2020s
2020s
480 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 480 births (49% of all-time use).
How Maylani 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 Maylani's total volume
Maylani by state
Where Maylani concentrates geographically, total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 179 | 18.1% |
| #2 | Florida | | 64 | 6.5% |
| #3 | Texas | | 61 | 6.2% |
| #4 | New York | | 59 | 6.0% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 26 | 2.6% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 11 | 1.1% |
| #7 | Arizona | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #8 | Washington | | 10 | 1.0% |
179 of 987 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Maylani appears in 12 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Maylanis (179 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Maylani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~24 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, 2001–2025 (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 Maylani 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.