Maylene Girl
How popular is Maylene?
#5,553 girl name in 2025
22 baby girls were named Maylene in the US in 2025, making it the 5553rd most popular girl name.
Maylene popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #5,553 for girls (▼ 408 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 22 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-24% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,724 in 2015, #4,077 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2012 (41 girls) |
| Highest rank | #2,569 in 1937 |
| First recorded | 1918 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Maylene counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Maylin family of names ranked #797 for girls in 2025 (#582 the year before), with 307 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Maylin | 123 | 40% |
| Mailen | 23 | 7% |
| Maylen | 11 | 4% |
| Mailyn | 31 | 10% |
| Malin | 16 | 5% |
| Maylynn | 25 | 8% |
| Maylene | 22 | 7% |
| Malone | 16 | 5% |
| Maylyn | 13 | 4% |
| Malan | 8 | 3% |
| Mailynn | 7 | 2% |
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 Maylene is most popular
Babies named Maylene per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (13 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Maylene by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,807 |
| 1920s | 41 | #3,680 |
| 1930s | 48 | #2,569 |
| 1940s | 75 | #2,736 |
| 1950s | 61 | #2,778 |
| 1960s | 68 | #4,492 |
| 1970s | 59 | #5,214 |
| 1980s | 94 | #4,656 |
| 1990s | 94 | #6,068 |
| 2000s | 228 | #4,195 |
| 2010s | 299 | #3,781 |
| 2020s | 126 | #4,077 |
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Questions
- Is Maylene a boy or girl name?
- Maylene is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Maylene were girls.
- How popular is the name Maylene?
- 22 baby girls were named Maylene in the US in 2025, making it the 5553rd most popular girl name.
- When was Maylene most popular?
- Maylene peaked in 2012, when 41 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,569 in 1937.
- How many people are named Maylene?
- 1,198 babies have been named Maylene in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,059 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 21.
- Where is Maylene most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Maylene was most common in Texas, at 0.0 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.