Maeleigh
Maeleigh was the 3055th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 54 babies. Its best year was 2016, when it ranked 2685th with 65 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 143 places. More babies were named Maeleigh in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,055 girls, up 422 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 54girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201665 babies
- Total since 1880
- 883babies recorded
Maeleigh popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
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| 2025 | #3,055 | 54 |
| 2020 | #3,477 | 44 |
| 2010 | #5,530 | 25 |
| 2000 | #16,573 | 5 |
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How popular is Maeleigh, counting every spelling?
Maeleigh is a spelling of Mayleigh, a name family that ranked #1,467 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #3,055 for Maeleigh on its own. Together these spellings went to 129 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayleigh | 75 | #2,400 | 282 |
| Maeleigh | 54 | #3,055 | 266 |
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 Maeleigh?
54 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Maeleigh (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Maeleigh 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 155 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Maeleigh.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Maeleigh?
About 900 people born in the US named Maeleigh are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 5 and 13. That makes Maeleigh 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.
Maeleigh by state
How common Maeleigh was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Georgia (3.1×). In 43 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 Maeleigh: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Maeleigh, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Maeleigh
How popular is the name Maeleigh?
Maeleigh was the 3055th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 54 babies. Its best year was 2016, when it ranked 2685th with 65 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 143 places. More babies were named Maeleigh in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Maeleigh a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Maeleigh in the US.
Where is Maeleigh most popular?
In 2021–2025, Maeleigh was most common in Kentucky (0.13 per 1,000 girls), followed by Alabama and Georgia.