girl's name
Meiling
- Gender Girl
- Letters 7
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 393
Meiling is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
- Peaked in 2005, when 17 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 663,130 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1960.
Meiling over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1960s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 11 |
| 1970s | 34 |
| 1980s | 65 |
| 1990s | 36 |
| 2000s | 113 |
| 2010s | 82 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 29 |
How popular is Meiling?
In 2025, Meiling was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Where Meiling is used
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 Meiling is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mei-Ling | Mei-Ling is Meiling written with a hyphen, used in France, where it ranks #3,753. | 23 |
Names that peaked alongside Meiling
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Meiling also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Meiling over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Meiling
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Meiling — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Meiling
How popular is the name Meiling?
In 2025, Meiling was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Is Meiling a girl's or a boy's name?
Meiling is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Meiling most popular?
Meiling peaked in 2005, when 17 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.
Is Meiling a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Meiling currently ranks #15,943 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.