Mayling — girls' name
122 babies named Mayling in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
122 girls have been named Mayling since 1975, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2023.
- 122
- total births
- 1975–2023
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 25%
- born in that decade
25% of everyone ever named Mayling was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Mayling in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mayling
The Social Security Administration has registered 122 babies named Mayling between 1975 and 2023, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mayling currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mayling performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 31 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Mayling shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mayling in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mayling in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 122 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Mayling at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mayling popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1975
- Peak year (1979)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
122 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 9 births in a single year.
Mayling by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 31 births that decade — 25% of Mayling's all-time total
Mayling decade highlights
- Peak decade 31 births
- Runner-up 28 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Mayling's strongest decade
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Mayling by state
Where Mayling concentrates geographically — total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 4.1% |
5 of 122 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 4.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 4.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1975–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.