Maelyn Girl
How popular is Maelyn?
#1,248 girl name in 2025
180 baby girls were named Maelyn in the US in 2025, making it the 1248th most popular girl name.
Maelyn popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,248 for girls (▼ 60 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 180 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+73% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,937 in 2015, #1,398 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (201 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,188 in 2024 |
| First recorded | 1982 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Maelyn counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Maelynn family of names ranked #630 for girls in 2025 (#590 the year before), with 436 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Maelynn | 234 | 54% |
| Maelyn | 180 | 41% |
| Maelin | 9 | 2% |
| Maelynne | 13 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Maelyn is most popular
Babies named Maelyn per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Kentucky: 0.3 per 1,000 (29 girls)
- Alabama: 0.2 per 1,000 (20 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.2 per 1,000 (45 girls)
- Ohio: 0.2 per 1,000 (44 girls)
- Virginia: 0.2 per 1,000 (29 girls)
Maelyn by decade
Girl names about as popular as Maelyn
Questions
- Is Maelyn a boy or girl name?
- Maelyn is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Maelyn were girls.
- How popular is the name Maelyn?
- 180 baby girls were named Maelyn in the US in 2025, making it the 1248th most popular girl name.
- When was Maelyn most popular?
- Maelyn peaked in 2024, when 201 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,188 in 2024.
- How many people are named Maelyn?
- 2,490 babies have been named Maelyn in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,477 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
- Where is Maelyn most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Maelyn was most common in Kentucky, at 0.3 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.