girls:
411 births since 1984
#5305 (7th percentile)
boys:
1.3k births since 1932
#3354 (27th percentile)
overall:
1.7k births since 1932
#6082 (21st percentile)
The name Mylan is the #6,082 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,667 recorded births since 1932. This represents the 21.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 21.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,354 (26.8% percentile) for all time with 1,256 births since 1932. For girls, it ranks #5,305 (7.2% percentile) for all time with 411 births since 1984.
Mylan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1932 (1932 for boys and 1984 for girls). Birth data for Mylan is available in 51 out of the 92 years between 1932 and 2023 (49 years for boys and 34 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Mylan has been given predominantly to boys, with 75.3% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 87.1% of babies named Mylan were boys.
For boys, Mylan reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 9.1% percentile (ranked #828) with 48 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 48 births per million (ranked 9.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Mylan is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #828 (9.1% percentile) with 48 births per million.
For girls, Mylan reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 2.1% percentile (ranked #920) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Mylan ranks #939 for girls (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 57.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mylan".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Mylan is pronounced as MAI-luhn, which has 2 syllables.
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