Girls' name · since 2013
Maelis
Since 2013, U.S. Social Security records show 78 babies named Maelis, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #29,928 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,750 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 78
- born since 2013
- 2020s
- peak decade
78 babies have been named Maelis since 2013, making it today's #2750 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maelis has been recorded 78 times among girls since 2013, currently ranked #2750 nationally and more common than 84% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2013 to 2025.
- #29,928 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,750 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 78 born since 2013
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maelis ranks #29,928 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,750 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 78 born since 2013, peaking in the 2020s.
- #29,928 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,750 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 78
- born since 2013
- 2020s
- peak decade
Maelis's 78 recorded births place it above 58.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Maelis compares
78 21st 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
Maelis's all-time total is 79% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maelis | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 78 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 63 | 21 | 19,840 |
Maelis's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Maelis's full recorded timeline at 2024, 92% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 8% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2013, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 63 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Maelis popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 63
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Maelis by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (72 births, 92% of the file).
2020s was Maelis's strongest decade.
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 92% of all-time use.
Maelis births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
72 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 72 births (92% of all-time use).
Maelis by state
Where Maelis concentrates geographically, total births since 2013
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- Texas records the most Maeliss (7 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Maelis: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~12 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, 2013–2025 (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 Maelis 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.