Girls' name · since 1999
Maelani
Maelani has 812 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,645 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,558 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 812
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
Maelani currently ranks #1558 among girls' names in America, with 812 babies recorded since 1999.
Social Security Administration records show Maelani recorded 812 times among girls since 1999, holding rank #1558 nationally today, ahead of 91% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #8,645 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,558 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 812 born since 1999
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maelani ranks #8,645 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,558 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 812 born since 1999, peaking in the 2020s.
- #8,645 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,558 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 812
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
Maelani's 812 recorded births place it above 88.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
14 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Maelani compares
812 Top 36% higher than 64% 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
Maelani's all-time total is 116% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maelani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 812 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 136 | 21 | 19,840 |
Maelani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Maelani's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 88% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 12%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1999, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 136, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Maelani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 136
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Maelani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (571 births, 70% of the file).
2020s was Maelani's strongest decade.
571 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 70% of all-time use.
Maelani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 58
2000s
58 births
- 2010s 178
2010s
178 births
- 2020s
2020s
571 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 571 births (70% of all-time use).
How Maelani compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Maelani's total volume
Maelani by state
Where Maelani concentrates geographically, total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 98 | 12.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 55 | 6.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 50 | 6.2% |
| #4 | Florida | | 26 | 3.2% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 21 | 2.6% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 17 | 2.1% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 16 | 2.0% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 13 | 1.6% |
98 of 812 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Maelani appears in 14 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Maelanis (98 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 Maelani: 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, 1999–2025 (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 Maelani 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.