Girls' name · since 1970
Maelee
Maelee has 1,587 recorded births since 1970 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,494 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,314 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,587
- born since 1970
- 2010s
- peak decade
1,587 babies have been named Maelee since 1970, making it today's #2314 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maelee has been recorded 1,587 times among girls since 1970, currently ranked #2314 nationally and more common than 87% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2025.
- #5,494 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,314 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,587 born since 1970
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maelee ranks #5,494 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,314 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,587 born since 1970, peaking in the 2010s.
- #5,494 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,314 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,587
- born since 1970
- 2010s
- peak decade
Maelee's 1,587 recorded births place it above 92.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
17 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Maelee compares
1,587 Top 25% higher than 75% 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
Maelee's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maelee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,587 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 93 | 21 | 19,840 |
Maelee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Maelee's full recorded timeline at 2009, 82% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 18% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1970, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 93 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Maelee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 93
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Maelee by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (773 births, 49% of the file).
2010s was Maelee's strongest decade.
773 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Maelee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1990s 48
1990s
48 births
- 2000s 295
2000s
295 births
- 2010s
2010s
773 births
- 2020s
2020s
466 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 773 births (49% of all-time use).
How Maelee 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 Maelee's total volume
Maelee by state
Where Maelee concentrates geographically, total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 92 | 5.8% |
| #2 | Tennessee | | 65 | 4.1% |
| #3 | Oklahoma | | 45 | 2.8% |
| #4 | Indiana | | 40 | 2.5% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 32 | 2.0% |
| #6 | Missouri | | 25 | 1.6% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 23 | 1.4% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 20 | 1.3% |
92 of 1,587 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 17 reporting states.
Maelee appears in 17 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Maelee's data
- Maelee's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (773 total births) through the 2020s (466) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Maelees (92 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Names with a similar popularity rank to Maelee
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Maelee: 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 (~55 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, 1970–2025 (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 Maelee 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.