Meilan — girls' name
28 babies named Meilan in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
28 girls have been named Meilan since 2002, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2018.
- 28
- total births
- 2002–2018
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 79%
- born in that decade
79% of everyone ever named Meilan was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Meilan in 2002 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Meilan
The Social Security Administration has registered 28 babies named Meilan between 2002 and 2018, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Meilan currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Meilan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Meilan shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Meilan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Meilan 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 28 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.
Meilan at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Meilan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2002
- Peak year (2002)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
28 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 6 births in a single year.
Meilan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 22 births that decade — 79% of Meilan's all-time total
Meilan decade highlights
- Peak decade 22 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Meilan's strongest decade
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 79% of all-time use.
Meilan by state
Where Meilan concentrates geographically — total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 17.9% |
5 of 28 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 17.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 17.9% 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, 2002–2018 (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.