Mulan
Mulan was the 2475th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 72 babies. Its best year was 2020, when it ranked 2464th; the most babies were born in 2025 (72). Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,309 places. More babies were named Mulan in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,475 girls, down 11 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 72girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202572 babies
- Total since 1880
- 748babies recorded
Mulan popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 5 since 1999.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,475 | 72 |
| 2020 | #2,464 | 71 |
| 2010 | #10,257 | 11 |
| 2000 | #14,438 | 6 |
| 1990 | — | — |
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| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Mulan, counting every spelling?
Mulan has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Mulan?
72 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Mulan (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Mulan born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 116 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Mulan.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Mulan?
About 700 people born in the US named Mulan are alive today, with a median age of 6; half are between 3 and 11. That makes Mulan a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Mulan by state
How common Mulan was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Georgia (2.3×), New York (2.3×). In 41 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Mulan: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Mulan, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Mulan
How popular is the name Mulan?
Mulan was the 2475th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 72 babies. Its best year was 2020, when it ranked 2464th; the most babies were born in 2025 (72). Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,309 places. More babies were named Mulan in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Mulan a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Mulan in the US.
Where is Mulan most popular?
In 2021–2025, Mulan was most common in Georgia (0.09 per 1,000 girls), followed by New York and Illinois.