Boys' name · since 2004

Mylen

243 babies named Mylen in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#11,848 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#4,646 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
243
born since 2004
2020s
peak decade

Yes -- Mylen is the #4646 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 243 recorded since 2004.

Social Security Administration records show Mylen recorded 243 times among boys since 2004, holding rank #4646 nationally today, ahead of 67% of boys, 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 2004 to 2025.

  • #11,848 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #4,646 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 243 born since 2004
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mylen ranks #11,848 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,646 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 243 born since 2004, peaking in the 2020s.

#11,848 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#4,646 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
243
born since 2004
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%66.6%
Mylen vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Mylen's 243 recorded births place it above 73.94% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

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

How Mylen compares

243 41st percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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

Mylen's all-time total is 34% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Mylen Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 243 369 358,536
Peak-year births 31 34 22,252

Mylen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Mylen's SSA record in two at 2016 and the more recent half accounts for 66% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 34%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2004, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 31, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Mylen popularity over time - boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2023)
31
Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
010203040 20042009201220152018202120242025 22

Mylen popularity over time - girls

10 total births recorded since 2016 (Mylen as girls' name)

Unisex variant - 10 births
5 20162022 5

Mylen by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (127 births, 52% of the file).

2020s was Mylen's strongest decade.

127 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.

Mylen births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 127 births (52% of all-time use).

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Mylen?
243 babies have been named Mylen since 2004. All-time, it sits at #11,848 of 45,481 boys' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #4,646 of 13,930 among boys. The peak year was 2023 with 31 births.
Where does Mylen sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mylen ranks #11,848 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,646 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Mylen most popular?
Mylen was most popular in the 2020s decade with 127 total births. The single peak year was 2023.
How long has the name Mylen been used?
Mylen has been recorded in Social Security data since 2004, spanning 22 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Mylen?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Myles, Mylo, Mylan, Mylon, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Mylen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2004–2025 (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 Mylen 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.