unisex name

Meilan

  • Gender Unisex
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 63

Meilan is a unisex name. It is given to both girls and boys — about 44% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 2018 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 2002, when 6 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 2002.

Meilan over time

Births per decade in France, 2010s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2024, not a full ten years.

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Births named Meilan by decade in France
Decade Births
2010s 5
2020s (to 2024) 30

How popular is Meilan?

In 2018, Meilan 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 Meilan is used

France as Meïlan #3,844 5 in 2025
United States #16,993 5 in 2018

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 Meilan is spelled

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

Spelling What it is Births on record
Meïlan Meïlan is a rare spelling of Meilan, written with a diaeresis and recorded about 30 times, mostly in France. 30

Names that peaked alongside Meilan

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

Parents who like Meilan also like

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

Sibling names for Meilan

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

Common questions about Meilan

How popular is the name Meilan?

In 2018, Meilan 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 Meilan a girl's or a boy's name?

Meilan is used for both girls and boys. About 44% of recorded births with this name are girls.

When was Meilan most popular?

Meilan peaked in 2002, when 6 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Meilan a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Meilan currently ranks #3,844 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.