Maelis — #10918 US girls' name
15 babies named Maelis in U.S. Social Security records since 2013, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 38% of names given to girls today.
60% of everyone ever named Maelis was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Maelis in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Maelis
The Social Security Administration has registered 15 babies named Maelis between 2013 and 2024, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maelis currently holds the #10918 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Maelis performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 9 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Maelis shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Maelis 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 15 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.
Maelis at a glance
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Current rank
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Maelis popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2013
- Peak year (2024)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
Currently ranks #10918 among girls.
15 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 9 births in a single year.
Maelis by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 9 births that decade — 60% of Maelis's all-time total
Maelis decade highlights
- Peak decade 9 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Maelis's strongest decade
9 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% 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, 2013–2024 (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.