Meilyn — #7430 US girls' name
254 babies named Meilyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 58% of names given to girls today.
41% of everyone ever named Meilyn was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Meilyn in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Meilyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 254 babies named Meilyn between 1996 and 2024, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Meilyn currently holds the #7430 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Meilyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 105 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Meilyn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. 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 Meilyn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Meilyn 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 254 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.
Meilyn at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Meilyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1996
- Peak year (2022)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
Currently ranks #7430 among girls.
254 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 19 births in a single year.
Meilyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 105 births that decade — 41% of Meilyn's all-time total
Meilyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 105 births
- Runner-up 71 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Meilyn's strongest decade
105 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Meilyn by state
Where Meilyn concentrates geographically — total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.0% |
5 of 254 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.0% 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, 1996–2024 (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.