Girls' name · since 1975
Mayling
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.
- 122
- total births
- 1975–2023
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 25%
- born in that decade
Mayling is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 122 have been recorded since 1975.
Social Security Administration records show Mayling recorded 122 times among girls since 1975, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2023.
- 122 total births
- 1975–2023 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 25% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mayling's 122 recorded births place it above 65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Mayling's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Mayling's SSA record in two at 1992 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1975, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1979 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Mayling popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2023
- Peak year (1979)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Mayling by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Mayling's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Mayling births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
19 births
- 1980s
1980s
26 births
- 1990s
1990s
31 births
- 2000s
2000s
28 births
- 2010s
2010s
13 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 31 births (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.
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- Mayling's decade-level peak was the 1990s (31 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Maylings (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1975–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mayling: Baby Name Since 1975 - 122 Births, Peak 1979." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mayling. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Mayling 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 July 2026.