Meilin
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- may-LIN
- Origin
- Chinese
- US rank, 2025
- #6,115 for girls
Meilin is a girls' name of Chinese origin, meaning “beautiful jade; beautiful forest”. In 2025 it ranked 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
What does Meilin mean?
Chinese: mei 'beautiful' + lin; meaning depends on the characters
“beautiful jade; beautiful forest”
Mei means 'beautiful', while lin can mean 'fine jade' or 'forest', depending on the character.
Is Meilin a girl's or a boy's name?
Meilin is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Meilin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,115among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 85% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Meilin, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2010, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1986.
Half of all the girls named Meilin in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Meilin in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
Nicknames for Meilin
- Mei 13 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Meilin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan Aylin Brynlee Braelynn Rowan Brooklyn Londyn Ocean Reagan Lennon Raelynn Brynn
Names related to Meilin
Meilani Miliana Million Miliani Mailin Meilyn Milian Meilany
More Chinese names
Lian Jia Mei Tai Tian Jun Mulan Yi Tao San Jian Han Mian Bao Xia Lin
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Meilin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/meilin, updated 20 October 2026.