Boys' name · since 1915
Maylon
Maylon has 331 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1921 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,069 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,300 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 331
- born since 1915
- 1930s
- peak decade
331 babies have been named Maylon since 1915, making it today's #8300 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maylon has been recorded 331 times among boys since 1915, currently ranked #8300 nationally and more common than 40% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 1930s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2025.
- #10,069 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,300 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 331 born since 1915
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maylon ranks #10,069 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,300 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 331 born since 1915, peaking in the 1930s.
- #10,069 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,300 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 331
- born since 1915
- 1930s
- peak decade
Maylon's 331 recorded births place it above 77.85% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Maylon compares
331 47th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Maylon's all-time total is 10% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maylon | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 331 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Maylon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Maylon's SSA record in two at 1945 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1922, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1921 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Maylon popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025
- Peak year (1921)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Maylon popularity over time - girls
7 total births recorded since 1963 (Maylon as girls' name)
Maylon by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (79 births, 24% of the file).
1930s was Maylon's strongest decade.
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Maylon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 21
1910s
21 births
- 1920s
1920s
57 births
- 1930s
1930s
79 births
- 1940s
1940s
50 births
- 1950s 29
1950s
29 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 15
1970s
15 births
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 15
2000s
15 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
38 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 79 births (24% of all-time use).
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What to do with Maylon's data
- Maylon's usage has stayed within range of its 1930s decade-level peak (79 total births) through the 2020s (38) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Maylon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1921)
Similar record span (~110 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, 1915–2025 (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 Maylon 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.