Girls' name · since 2002
Maela
Maela has 445 recorded births since 2002 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,703 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,055 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 445
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
445 babies have been named Maela since 2002, making it today's #3055 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maela has been recorded 445 times among girls since 2002, currently ranked #3055 nationally and more common than 82% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #12,703 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,055 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 445 born since 2002
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maela ranks #12,703 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,055 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 445 born since 2002, peaking in the 2020s.
- #12,703 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,055 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 445
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Maela's 445 recorded births place it above 82.43% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Maela compares
445 Top 47% higher than 53% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Maela's all-time total is 18% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maela | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 445 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 70 | 21 | 19,840 |
Maela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Maela's full recorded timeline at 2015, 74% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 26% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 70 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Maela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 70
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Maela by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (253 births, 57% of the file).
2020s was Maela's strongest decade.
253 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Maela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 53
2000s
53 births
- 2010s
2010s
139 births
- 2020s
2020s
253 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 253 births (57% of all-time use).
Maela by state
Where Maela concentrates geographically, total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 2.2% |
| #2 | Florida | | 10 | 2.2% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 7 | 1.6% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 6 | 1.3% |
| #5 | New York | | 5 | 1.1% |
| #6 | Texas | | 5 | 1.1% |
10 of 445 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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- California records the most Maelas (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Maela: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~23 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2002–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Maela draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.