Meilich — boys' name
27 babies named Meilich in U.S. Social Security records since 2011, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
56% of everyone ever named Meilich was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Meilich in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Meilich
The Social Security Administration has registered 27 babies named Meilich between 2011 and 2022, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Meilich currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Meilich performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Meilich shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 27 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Meilich in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Meilich 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 27 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.
Meilich at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Meilich popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2011
- Peak year (2022)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
27 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 9 births in a single year.
Meilich by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 15 births that decade — 56% of Meilich's all-time total
Meilich decade highlights
- Peak decade 15 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Meilich's strongest decade
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% of all-time use.
Meilich by state
Where Meilich concentrates geographically — total births since 2011
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 27 | 100.0% |
27 of 27 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 100.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 100.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 2011–2022 (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.