Medelyn — #16382 US girls' name
20 babies named Medelyn in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 7% of names given to girls today.
75% of everyone ever named Medelyn was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Medelyn in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Medelyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 20 babies named Medelyn between 2003 and 2024, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Medelyn currently holds the #16382 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Medelyn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Medelyn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Medelyn 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 20 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.
Medelyn at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Medelyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2003
- Peak year (2003)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
Currently ranks #16382 among girls.
20 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 5 births in a single year.
Medelyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 15 births that decade — 75% of Medelyn's all-time total
Medelyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 15 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Medelyn's strongest decade
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 75% of all-time use.
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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, 2003–2024 (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.