Maelynn Girl
How popular is Maelynn?
#1,053 girl name in 2025
234 baby girls were named Maelynn in the US in 2025, making it the 1053rd most popular girl name.
Maelynn popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,053 for girls (▼ 63 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 234 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+111% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,850 in 2015, #1,115 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (261 girls) |
| Highest rank | #990 in 2024 |
| First recorded | 1966 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Maelynn 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 Maelynn is most popular
Babies named Maelynn per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- West Virginia: 0.5 per 1,000 (13 girls)
- Indiana: 0.5 per 1,000 (68 girls)
- Kentucky: 0.4 per 1,000 (36 girls)
- Missouri: 0.3 per 1,000 (42 girls)
- Michigan: 0.3 per 1,000 (61 girls)
Maelynn by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12 | #5,808 |
| 1970s | 19 | #6,257 |
| 1980s | 19 | #7,348 |
| 1990s | 80 | #8,011 |
| 2000s | 312 | #3,046 |
| 2010s | 1,107 | #1,198 |
| 2020s | 1,367 | #990 |
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Questions
- Is Maelynn a boy or girl name?
- Maelynn is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Maelynn were girls.
- How popular is the name Maelynn?
- 234 baby girls were named Maelynn in the US in 2025, making it the 1053rd most popular girl name.
- When was Maelynn most popular?
- Maelynn peaked in 2024, when 261 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #990 in 2024.
- How many people are named Maelynn?
- 2,916 babies have been named Maelynn in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,900 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 7.
- Where is Maelynn most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Maelynn was most common in West Virginia, at 0.5 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.