Girls' name · since 2002

Meily

Meily has 207 recorded births since 2002 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#19,483 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#7,353 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
207
born since 2002
2010s
peak decade

Meily currently ranks #7353 among girls' names in America, with 207 babies recorded since 2002.

Social Security Administration records show Meily recorded 207 times among girls since 2002, holding rank #7353 nationally today, ahead of 57% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.

  • #19,483 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #7,353 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 207 born since 2002
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Meily ranks #19,483 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,353 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 207 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.

#19,483 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#7,353 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
207
born since 2002
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%57.4%
Meily vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Meily's 207 recorded births place it above 73.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

2 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.

How Meily compares

207 37th 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

Meily's all-time total is 45% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Meily Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 207 376 567,345
Peak-year births 19 21 19,840

Meily's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Meily's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2014, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Meily popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2024)
19
Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
5101520 20022006201020132017202020232025 15

Meily by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (75 births, 36% of the file).

2010s was Meily's strongest decade.

75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.

Meily births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 75 births (36% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Meily by state

Where Meily concentrates geographically, total births since 2002

Geographically diffuse
Top 2 states by recorded births for the name Meily
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 2.4%
#2 Texas
5 2.4%
California share of Meily's total US births 2.4%
Even split

5 of 207 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Meily?
Since 2002, Social Security records show 207 babies named Meily. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #19,483 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #7,353 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2024, with 19 births.
Where does Meily sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Meily ranks #19,483 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,353 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Meily most popular?
Meily was most popular in the 2010s decade with 75 total births. The single peak year was 2024.
Where is Meily most popular?
The top states for the name Meily are California (5 births), Texas (5 births).
How long has the name Meily been used?
Meily has been recorded in Social Security data since 2002, spanning 24 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Meily?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Meilani, Mei, Meira, Meisha, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Meily's data

  • Meily's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (75 total births) through the 2020s (73) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
  • California records the most Meilys (5 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.

Keep exploring Meily

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Meily: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2002–2025 (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 Meily 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.