NameTides

Mael

Mael was the #1,097 boys' name in the US in 2025 (195 babies), and #1,359 in England & Wales and #218 in Canada.

Mael as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Mael as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Mael as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,097 (195)#1,359 (20)#218 (155)
2024#1,055 (208)#1,517 (17)#227 (146)
2023#971 (226)#1,363 (19)#259 (121)
2022#1,209 (164)#2,019 (11)#268 (121)
2021#1,514 (117)#1,860 (12)#305 (113)
2020#1,996 (71)#2,404 (8)#327 (98)
2019#2,421 (55)#2,266 (9)#366 (85)
2018#2,708 (45)#3,011 (6)#405 (73)
2017#2,566 (49)#2,172 (10)#378 (81)
2016#3,230 (35)#3,478 (5)#414 (73)
2015#3,365 (33)#3,373 (5)#401 (76)
2014#4,702 (20)#3,895 (4)#339 (94)
2013#3,964 (25)#3,315 (5)#399 (73)
2012#4,003 (25)#3,416 (5)#401 (71)
2011#9,600 (7)#3,300 (5)#452 (60)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #971.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2002.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,800 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 14,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Mael is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,600 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,400 to 1 in 9,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Mael by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #692NYMassachusetts: #467MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,267OHPennsylvania: #704PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #845CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #809MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #634AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,096GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #953TXFlorida: #754FL
Mael (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#42130

Mael (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MaelCanadaGirls—too few
MaelCanadaBoys#218155
MaelEngland & WalesBoys#1,35920
MaelNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MaelUSBoys#1,097195