Maelyn — #1184 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Maelyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,306 babies named Maelyn between 1982 and 2024, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maelyn currently holds the #1184 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 201 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Maelyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,033 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Maelyn shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 119 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Maelyn in 25 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Maelyn 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 2,306 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.