Girls' name · since 2017
Maella
Since 2017, U.S. Social Security records show 61 babies named Maella, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #32,705 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,765 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 61
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
61 babies have been named Maella since 2017, making it today's #11765 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maella has been recorded 61 times among girls since 2017, currently ranked #11765 nationally and more common than 32% 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 2017 to 2025.
- #32,705 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,765 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 61 born since 2017
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maella ranks #32,705 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,765 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 61 born since 2017, peaking in the 2020s.
- #32,705 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,765 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 61
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Maella's 61 recorded births place it above 54.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Maella compares
61 18th 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
Maella's all-time total is 84% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maella | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 61 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Maella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Maella's full recorded timeline at 2022, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2017, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Maella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Maella by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (42 births, 69% of the file).
2020s was Maella's strongest decade.
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Maella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
19 births
- 2020s
2020s
42 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 42 births (69% of all-time use).
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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, 2017–2025 (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 Maella 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.