Maelani was the #1,548 girls' name in the US in 2025 (136 babies).
Maelani as a girl’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2025
#1,548 (136)
2024
#1,598 (131)
2023
#1,865 (107)
2022
#2,068 (93)
2021
#2,848 (59)
2020
#3,399 (45)
2019
#3,923 (37)
2018
#4,889 (27)
2017
#4,922 (27)
2016
#7,230 (16)
2015
#5,127 (26)
2014
#9,517 (11)
2013
#11,000 (9)
2012
#12,199 (8)
2011
#9,150 (12)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,548.
Rising over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1999.
How common is it?
about 1 in 12,000 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.
Next year
On its recent trend, Maelani is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 8,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 6,700 to 1 in 11,000.