Maelie
Maelie was the 3555th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 43 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 2522nd with 71 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 16 places. More babies were named Maelie in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,555 girls, up 330 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 43girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202471 babies
- Total since 1880
- 673babies recorded
Maelie popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
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| 2025 | #3,555 | 43 |
| 2020 | #3,885 | 37 |
| 2010 | #5,531 | 25 |
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How popular is Maelie, counting every spelling?
Maelie is a spelling of Maylee, a name family that ranked #468 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #3,555 for Maelie 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 Maelie?
43 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Maelie (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Maelie 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 195 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Maelie.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Maelie?
About 700 people born in the US named Maelie are alive today, with a median age of 8; half are between 4 and 13. That makes Maelie 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.
Maelie by state
How common Maelie was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 48 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 Maelie: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Maelie, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Maelie
How popular is the name Maelie?
Maelie was the 3555th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 43 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 2522nd with 71 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 16 places. More babies were named Maelie in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Maelie a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Maelie in the US.
Where is Maelie most popular?
In 2021–2025, Maelie was most common in Indiana (0.06 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and Texas.