NameTides

Maelyn

Maelyn was the #1,248 girls' name in the US in 2025 (180 babies).

Maelyn as a girl’s name

  • US
  • Canada
Maelyn as a girl’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020US
Maelyn as a girl’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, 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
YearUSCanada
2025#1,248 (180)—
2024#1,188 (201)—
2023#1,264 (182)#2,604 (7)
2022#1,367 (170)#2,835 (6)
2021#1,584 (132)#2,185 (9)
2020#1,398 (156)#3,251 (5)
2019#1,247 (187)#2,374 (8)
2018#1,968 (100)—
2017#1,889 (107)—
2016#2,084 (94)—
2015#1,937 (104)#2,599 (7)
2014#2,049 (95)—
2013#1,977 (99)#2,376 (8)
2012#2,064 (93)—
2011#2,298 (81)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #1,188.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1982.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,900 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, Maelyn is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,300 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 5,900 to 1 in 9,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Maelyn by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #564WIVermont: 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: #1,240ILMichigan: #863MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: 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: #721INOhio: #743OHPennsylvania: #871PANew 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: #811MOKentucky: #744KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #936VAMaryland: 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: #983TNNorth Carolina: #973NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #677LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #520ALGeorgia: #1,533GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,790TXFlorida: #1,436FL
Maelyn (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
MaelynCanadaGirls—too few
MaelynNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MaelynUSGirls#1,248180