Maelea — girls' name
76 babies named Maelea in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
61% of everyone ever named Maelea was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Maelea in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Maelea
The Social Security Administration has registered 76 babies named Maelea between 2000 and 2023, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maelea currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Maelea performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 46 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Maelea shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Maelea 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 76 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.
Maelea at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Maelea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2000
- Peak year (2018)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
76 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 10 births in a single year.
Maelea by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 46 births that decade — 61% of Maelea's all-time total
Maelea decade highlights
- Peak decade 46 births
- Runner-up 19 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Maelea's strongest decade
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2000–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.