Girls' name · since 2003
Maeleah
Since 2003, U.S. Social Security records show 11 babies named Maeleah, peaking in 2012. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #53,622 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Maeleah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 11 have been recorded since 2003.
Maeleah has 11 recorded births among girls since 2003, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2012.
- #53,622 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 11 born since 2003
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maeleah ranks #53,622 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.
- #53,622 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Maeleah's 11 recorded births place it above 24.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Maeleah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Maeleah's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2003, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2012 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Maeleah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2012
- Peak year (2012)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Maeleah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (6 births, 55% of the file).
2010s was Maeleah's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Maeleah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Maeleah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~9 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, 2003–2012 (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 Maeleah 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.