Girls' name · since 2001
Maelle
Maelle has 536 recorded births since 2001 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,348 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,814 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 536
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Maelle is the #2814 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 536 recorded since 2001.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maelle has been recorded 536 times among girls since 2001, currently ranked #2814 nationally and more common than 84% 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 2001 to 2025.
- #11,348 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,814 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 536 born since 2001
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maelle ranks #11,348 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,814 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 536 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,348 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,814 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 536
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Maelle's 536 recorded births place it above 84.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Maelle compares
536 Top 44% higher than 56% 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
Maelle's all-time total is 43% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maelle | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 536 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 61 | 21 | 19,840 |
Maelle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Maelle's full recorded timeline at 2013, 66% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 34% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 61 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Maelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 61
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Maelle by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (278 births, 52% of the file).
2010s was Maelle's strongest decade.
278 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Maelle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 76
2000s
76 births
- 2010s
2010s
278 births
- 2020s
2020s
182 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 278 births (52% of all-time use).
How Maelle 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 Maelle's total volume
Maelle by state
Where Maelle concentrates geographically, total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 23 | 4.3% |
| #2 | California | | 17 | 3.2% |
| #3 | Florida | | 17 | 3.2% |
| #4 | Texas | | 6 | 1.1% |
| #5 | Colorado | | 5 | 0.9% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.9% |
| #7 | Wisconsin | | 5 | 0.9% |
23 of 536 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Maelle's data
- Maelle's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (278 total births) through the 2020s (182) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Maelles (23 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Maelle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~24 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, 2001–2025 (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 Maelle 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.