NameTides

Maela

Maela was the #3,028 girls' name in the US in 2025 (54 babies), and #1,892 in England & Wales and #2,475 in Canada.

Maela as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Maela as a girl’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.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUS
Maela as a girl’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.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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#3,028 (54)#1,892 (15)#2,475 (8)
2024#2,533 (70)#1,819 (16)#1,949 (11)
2023#3,047 (54)#4,710 (4)#1,080 (23)
2022#5,793 (21)#5,670 (3)#2,553 (7)
2021#4,719 (28)—#2,616 (7)
2020#4,880 (26)——
2019#5,798 (21)—#3,266 (5)
2018#8,146 (13)——
2017#10,689 (9)——
2016#7,230 (16)—#2,383 (8)
2015#7,266 (16)—#2,891 (6)
2014#9,517 (11)—#2,026 (10)
2013#6,462 (19)—#2,058 (10)
2012#8,208 (14)#5,876 (3)—
2011#10,374 (10)—#1,672 (13)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #2,533.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2002.

How common is it?

about 1 in 29,000 baby girls 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
USGirls2025about 1 in 29,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 19,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Maela is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 18,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 8,900 to 1 in 36,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Maela 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: #2,075NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: 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: #1,134OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: 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: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew 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: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Maela (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MaelaCanadaGirls#2,4758
MaelaEngland & WalesGirls#1,89215
MaelaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MaelaUSGirls#3,02854