Maela — #2550 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Maela

The Social Security Administration has registered 391 babies named Maela between 2002 and 2024, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maela currently holds the #2550 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 70 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Maela performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 199 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Maela shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Maela in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Maela in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 391 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.