Girls' name · since 1996
Meilyn
Meilyn has 264 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,076 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,752 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 264
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Meilyn is the #9752 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 264 recorded since 1996.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Meilyn has been recorded 264 times among girls since 1996, currently ranked #9752 nationally and more common than 44% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #17,076 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,752 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 264 born since 1996
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Meilyn ranks #17,076 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,752 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 264 born since 1996, peaking in the 2010s.
- #17,076 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,752 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 264
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Meilyn's 264 recorded births place it above 76.37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Meilyn compares
264 42nd 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
Meilyn's all-time total is 30% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Meilyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 264 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Meilyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Meilyn's SSA record in two at 2013 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 1996, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Meilyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Meilyn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (105 births, 40% of the file).
2010s was Meilyn's strongest decade.
105 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Meilyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 13
1990s
13 births
- 2000s
2000s
71 births
- 2010s
2010s
105 births
- 2020s
2020s
75 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 105 births (40% 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 | 1.9% |
5 of 264 births nationwide.
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What to do with Meilyn's data
- Meilyn's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (105 total births) through the 2020s (75) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Meilyns (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.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Meilyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1996–2025 (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 Meilyn 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.