Maelee
Maelee was the 2316th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 79 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 2079th with 93 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 196 places. More babies were named Maelee in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,316 girls, up 766 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 79girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202493 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,587babies recorded
Maelee popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,316 | 79 |
| 2020 | #3,082 | 52 |
| 2010 | #3,101 | 54 |
| 2000 | #9,608 | 10 |
| 1990 | — | — |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | #8,775 | 5 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Maelee, counting every spelling?
Maelee is a spelling of Maylee, a name family that ranked #468 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,316 for Maelee on its own. Together these spellings went to 683 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maylee | 245 | #1,023 | 1,208 |
| Maelee | 79 | #2,316 | 414 |
| Maelie | 43 | #3,555 | 240 |
| Mayli | 50 | #3,196 | 239 |
| Maylie | 57 | #2,949 | 206 |
| Maily | 38 | #3,877 | 137 |
| Maely | 30 | #4,622 | 120 |
| Maeli | 33 | #4,314 | 103 |
| Mailee | 15 | #7,362 | 83 |
| Mailey | 19 | #6,246 | 75 |
| Meily | 15 | #7,379 | 65 |
| Maeley | 11 | #9,238 | 61 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Maelee?
79 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Maelee (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Maelee born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 106 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Maelee.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Maelee?
About 1,600 people born in the US named Maelee are alive today, with a median age of 11; half are between 5 and 16. That makes Maelee a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Maelee by state
How common Maelee was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Oklahoma (5.3×), Tennessee (2.5×). In 40 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Maelee: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Maelee, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Maelee
How popular is the name Maelee?
Maelee was the 2316th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 79 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 2079th with 93 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 196 places. More babies were named Maelee in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Maelee a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Maelee in the US.
Where is Maelee most popular?
In 2021–2025, Maelee was most common in Oklahoma (0.27 per 1,000 girls), followed by Tennessee and Indiana.