Meiling
#13,179 most common girls' name of all time · #21,799 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1960–2025
Rank among girls
#13,179
Rank overall
#21,799 of 105,966
First appeared
1960
Years on the list
45 of 146
All-time
370
Since 2016
54
Peak year
2005 #6,906
Best rank
#6,005 1983
Girls
Boys
peak 17/yr
Meiling first appears in 1960. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,266 |
| 2024 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,411 |
| 2023 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,762 |
| 2022 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,706 |
| 2020 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,736 |
| 2019 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,914 |
| 2018 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,711 |
| 2017 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,428 |
| 2016 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,628 |
| 2015 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,560 |
| 2014 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,289 |
| 2013 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,384 |
| 2012 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,856 |
| 2011 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,207 |
| 2010 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,490 |
| 2009 | 15 | — | 15 | #8,157 |
| 2008 | 13 | — | 13 | #9,069 |
| 2007 | 12 | — | 12 | #9,658 |
| 2006 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,868 |
| 2005 | 17 | — | 17 | #6,906 |
| 2004 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,068 |
| 2003 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,196 |
| 2002 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,175 |
| 2001 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,324 |
| 2000 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,537 |
| 1999 | 11 | — | 11 | #8,367 |
| 1996 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,997 |
| 1992 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,961 |
| 1990 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,507 |
| 1988 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,787 |
| 1987 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,863 |
| 1986 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,011 |
| 1985 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,215 |
| 1984 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,533 |
| 1983 | 11 | — | 11 | #6,005 |
| 1982 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,678 |
| 1981 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,097 |
| 1980 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,547 |
| 1979 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,976 |
| 1977 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,913 |
| 1976 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,936 |
| 1975 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,447 |
| 1974 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,364 |
| 1966 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,300 |
| 1960 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,353 |