Girls' name · since 1982
Meilani
Meilani has 3,971 recorded births since 1982 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,002 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #591 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,971
- born since 1982
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Meilani is the #591 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 3,971 recorded since 1982.
Meilani has 3,971 recorded births among girls since 1982, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #591 as of the latest data, more common than 97% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2025.
- #3,002 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #591 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,971 born since 1982
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Meilani ranks #3,002 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #591 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,971 born since 1982, peaking in the 2020s.
- #3,002 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #591 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,971
- born since 1982
- 2020s
- peak decade
Meilani's 3,971 recorded births place it above 95.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
35 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Meilani compares
3,971 Top 16% higher than 84% of 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
Meilani's all-time total is 11x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Meilani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,971 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 498 | 21 | 19,840 |
Meilani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Meilani's full recorded timeline at 2006, 93% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 7% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1982, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 498 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Meilani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 498
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Meilani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,970 births, 50% of the file).
2020s was Meilani's strongest decade.
1,970 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Meilani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 52
1980s
52 births
- 1990s 91
1990s
91 births
- 2000s 224
2000s
224 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,634 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,970 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,970 births (50% of all-time use).
How Meilani compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Meilani's total volume
Meilani by state
Where Meilani concentrates geographically, total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 767 | 19.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 389 | 9.8% |
| #3 | Florida | | 240 | 6.0% |
| #4 | New York | | 196 | 4.9% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 161 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 156 | 3.9% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 140 | 3.5% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 129 | 3.2% |
767 of 3,971 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 35 reporting states.
Meilani appears in 35 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Meilanis (767 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Meilani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~43 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, 1982–2025 (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 Meilani 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.