girl's name

Mayling

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 127

Mayling is a girl's name. In 2023 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1979, when 9 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1975.

Mayling over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2023, not a full ten years.

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'70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Mayling by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 19
1980s 26
1990s 31
2000s 28
2010s 13
2020s (to 2023) 5

How popular is Mayling?

In 2023, Mayling was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Mayling is used

France as May-Ling #4,140 5 in 2003
United States #16,332 5 in 2023

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Mayling is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
May-Ling May-Ling is Mayling written with a hyphen, used in France, where it ranks #4,140. 5

Names that peaked alongside Mayling

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Mayling also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Mayling over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Mayling

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Mayling — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Mayling

How popular is the name Mayling?

In 2023, Mayling was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Mayling a girl's or a boy's name?

Mayling is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Mayling most popular?

Mayling peaked in 1979, when 9 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.