Girls' name · since 1998
Mulan
743 babies named Mulan in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,185 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,478 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 743
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Mulan currently ranks #2478 among girls' names in America, with 743 babies recorded since 1998.
Social Security Administration records show Mulan recorded 743 times among girls since 1998, holding rank #2478 nationally today, ahead of 86% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #9,185 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,478 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 743 born since 1998
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mulan ranks #9,185 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,478 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 743 born since 1998, peaking in the 2020s.
- #9,185 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,478 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 743
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Mulan's 743 recorded births place it above 87.29% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
11 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Mulan compares
743 Top 38% higher than 62% of 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
Mulan's all-time total is 98% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mulan | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 743 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 72 | 21 | 19,840 |
Mulan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Mulan's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 83% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 17%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2005, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 72, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Mulan popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 72
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Mulan popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1999 (Mulan as boys' name)
Mulan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (378 births, 51% of the file).
2020s was Mulan's strongest decade.
378 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Mulan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 23
1990s
23 births
- 2000s 59
2000s
59 births
- 2010s
2010s
283 births
- 2020s
2020s
378 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 378 births (51% of all-time use).
How Mulan compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Mulan's total volume
Mulan by state
Where Mulan concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 56 | 7.5% |
| #2 | California | | 54 | 7.3% |
| #3 | Florida | | 37 | 5.0% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 28 | 3.8% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 20 | 2.7% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 19 | 2.6% |
| #7 | Maryland | | 13 | 1.7% |
| #8 | Texas | | 11 | 1.5% |
56 of 743 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Mulan appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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- New York records the most Mulans (56 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Mulan: 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 (~27 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, 1998–2025 (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 Mulan 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.