Girls' name · since 2009
Mithila
54 babies named Mithila in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #34,146 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,248 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 54
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Mithila is the #8248 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 54 recorded since 2009.
Mithila has 54 recorded births among girls since 2009, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8248 as of the latest data, more common than 52% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2025.
- #34,146 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,248 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 54 born since 2009
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mithila ranks #34,146 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,248 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 54 born since 2009, peaking in the 2020s.
- #34,146 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,248 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 54
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Mithila's 54 recorded births place it above 52.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Mithila compares
54 17th 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
Mithila's all-time total is 86% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mithila | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 54 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Mithila's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Mithila's SSA record in two at 2018 and the more recent half accounts for 61% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 39%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2009, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Mithila popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Mithila by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (27 births, 50% of the file).
2020s was Mithila's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Mithila births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
22 births
- 2020s
2020s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 27 births (50% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Mithila: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~16 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, 2009–2025 (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 Mithila 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.