Meilyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAY-lin
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Meilyn is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
Where does Meilyn come from?
Modern: blend of Mei and Lynn
Is Meilyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Meilyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Meilyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,454th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Meilyn, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Meilyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 644 girls in the US were given Meilyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #493, up from #9,454 for this spelling alone.
Meilyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
Names like Meilyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brynlee, Braelynn, Teagan, Brooklyn, Raelynn, Londyn, Lakelynn, Sevyn, Oaklynn, Rylynn, Brylee, Rynlee
Other spellings of Meilyn
Maelynn, Maelyn, Maylin, Meylin, Maylynn, Maylyn, Maylen, Maelin, Malan
Names related to Meilyn
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Ailani
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, “Meilyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/meilyn, updated 20 October 2026.