Girls' name · since 1997
Maelin
Maelin has 306 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2014 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,735 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,467 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 306
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Maelin is the #10467 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 306 recorded since 1997.
Maelin has 306 recorded births among girls since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10467 as of the latest data, more common than 39% of girls, 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 1997 to 2025.
- #15,735 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,467 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 306 born since 1997
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maelin ranks #15,735 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,467 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 306 born since 1997, peaking in the 2010s.
- #15,735 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,467 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 306
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Maelin's 306 recorded births place it above 78.23% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Maelin compares
306 45th percentile among 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
Maelin's all-time total is 19% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maelin | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 306 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 21 | 19,840 |
Maelin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Maelin's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 60% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 40%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2000, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2014 peak of 21, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Maelin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Maelin by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (139 births, 45% of the file).
2010s was Maelin's strongest decade.
139 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Maelin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
- 2000s
2000s
87 births
- 2010s
2010s
139 births
- 2020s
2020s
68 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 139 births (45% of all-time use).
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What to do with Maelin's data
- Maelin's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (139 total births) through the 2020s (68) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Maelin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1997–2025 (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 Maelin 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.