Girls' name · since 1971

Menyon

Menyon has 12 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1979 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

12
total births
1971–1979
years on record
1970s
peak decade
100%
born in that decade

Menyon sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 12 recorded since 1971.

Menyon has 12 recorded births among girls since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 1979.

  • 12 total births
  • 1971–1979 years on record
  • 1970s peak decade
  • 100% born in that decade

Data updated Jul 2026

Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Menyon's 12 recorded births place it above 27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Menyon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Menyon splits its recorded history at 1979: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1971 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1979 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Menyon popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–1979

Last recorded 1979
Peak year (1979)
7
Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 19711979 7

Menyon by decade

Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance

1970s was Menyon's strongest decade.

12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.

Menyon births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1970s at 12 births (100% of all-time use).

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Menyon?
Menyon has been given to 12 babies in the U.S. since 1971, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 1979. 7 babies were born in 1979, its single highest year.
When was Menyon most popular?
Menyon was most popular in the 1970s decade with 12 total births. The single peak year was 1979.
How long has the name Menyon been used?
Records for Menyon go back to 1971, giving 9 years of history through 1979.
What names are similar to Menyon?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Mendy, Mena, Mennie, Menucha, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of July 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, 1971–1979 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

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NameAlmanac. "Menyon: Baby Name Since 1971 - 12 Births, Peak 1979." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/menyon. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 Menyon 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 July 2026.