Girls' name · since 1963
Maylyn
Maylyn has 368 recorded births since 1963 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,221 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,993 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 368
- born since 1963
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Maylyn is the #7993 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 368 recorded since 1963.
Maylyn has 368 recorded births among girls since 1963, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7993 as of the latest data, more common than 54% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1963 to 2025.
- #14,221 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,993 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 368 born since 1963
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maylyn ranks #14,221 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,993 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 368 born since 1963, peaking in the 2000s.
- #14,221 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,993 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 368
- born since 1963
- 2000s
- peak decade
Maylyn's 368 recorded births place it above 80.33% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Maylyn compares
368 49th 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
Maylyn's all-time total is 2% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maylyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 368 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 21 | 19,840 |
Maylyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Maylyn's full recorded timeline at 2011, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1963, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 23 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Maylyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 63 years of records
Maylyn by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (150 births, 41% of the file).
2000s was Maylyn's strongest decade.
150 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Maylyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1990s 20
1990s
20 births
- 2000s
2000s
150 births
- 2010s
2010s
114 births
- 2020s
2020s
79 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 150 births (41% of all-time use).
Maylyn by state
Where Maylyn concentrates geographically, total births since 1963
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 11 | 3.0% |
| #2 | California | | 7 | 1.9% |
11 of 368 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Maylyn's data
- Maylyn's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (150 total births) through the 2020s (79) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Maylyns (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Maylyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~62 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, 1963–2025 (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 Maylyn 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.