Boys' name · since 2024
Maelan
Maelan has 14 recorded births since 2024 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #31,888 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,867 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 14
- born since 2024
- 2020s
- peak decade
Maelan currently ranks #11867 among boys' names in America, with 14 babies recorded since 2024.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maelan has been recorded 14 times among boys since 2024, currently ranked #11867 nationally and more common than 15% of boys, 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 2024 to 2025.
- #31,888 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,867 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 14 born since 2024
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maelan ranks #31,888 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,867 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 14 born since 2024, peaking in the 2020s.
- #31,888 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,867 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 14
- born since 2024
- 2020s
- peak decade
Maelan's 14 recorded births place it above 29.67% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Maelan compares
14 5th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Maelan's all-time total is 96% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maelan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 14 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Maelan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Maelan splits its recorded history at 2025: 43% of all births land in the more recent half, 57% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2025 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Maelan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
Maelan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (14 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Maelan's strongest decade.
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Maelan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 14 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Maelan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2024–2025 (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 Maelan 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.