Girls' name · since 1960
Meiling
370 babies named Meiling in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,167 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,218 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 370
- born since 1960
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Meiling is the #15218 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 370 recorded since 1960.
Meiling has 370 recorded births among girls since 1960, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15218 as of the latest data, more common than 12% 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 1960 to 2025.
- #14,167 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,218 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 370 born since 1960
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Meiling ranks #14,167 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,218 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 370 born since 1960, peaking in the 2000s.
- #14,167 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,218 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 370
- born since 1960
- 2000s
- peak decade
Meiling's 370 recorded births place it above 80.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Meiling compares
370 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
Meiling's all-time total is 2% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Meiling | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 370 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Meiling's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Meiling's SSA record in two at 2002 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1966, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2005 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Meiling popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 66 years of records
Meiling by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (113 births, 31% of the file).
2000s was Meiling's strongest decade.
113 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Meiling births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 11
1960s
11 births
- 1970s 34
1970s
34 births
- 1980s
1980s
65 births
- 1990s 36
1990s
36 births
- 2000s
2000s
113 births
- 2010s
2010s
82 births
- 2020s 29
2020s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 113 births (31% of all-time use).
Meiling by state
Where Meiling concentrates geographically, total births since 1960
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 2.7% |
10 of 370 births nationwide.
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What to do with Meiling's data
- Meiling's decade-level peak was the 2000s (113 total births); usage has since declined to 29 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Meilings (10 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 Meiling: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~65 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, 1960–2025 (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 Meiling 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.