Girls' name · since 1982
Maelyn
Maelyn has 2,490 recorded births since 1982 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,058 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,249 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,490
- born since 1982
- 2010s
- peak decade
Maelyn currently ranks #1249 among girls' names in America, with 2,490 babies recorded since 1982.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maelyn has been recorded 2,490 times among girls since 1982, currently ranked #1249 nationally and more common than 93% 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 1982 to 2025.
- #4,058 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,249 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,490 born since 1982
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maelyn ranks #4,058 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,249 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,490 born since 1982, peaking in the 2010s.
- #4,058 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,249 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,490
- born since 1982
- 2010s
- peak decade
Maelyn's 2,490 recorded births place it above 94.38% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
25 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Maelyn compares
2,490 Top 20% higher than 80% 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
Maelyn's all-time total is 7x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maelyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,490 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 201 | 21 | 19,840 |
Maelyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Maelyn's full recorded timeline at 2007, 88% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 12% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1990, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 201 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Maelyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 201
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Maelyn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (1,035 births, 42% of the file).
2010s was Maelyn's strongest decade.
1,035 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Maelyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 13
1980s
13 births
- 1990s 96
1990s
96 births
- 2000s 325
2000s
325 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,035 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,021 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 1,035 births (42% of all-time use).
How Maelyn 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 Maelyn's total volume
Maelyn by state
Where Maelyn concentrates geographically, total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 131 | 5.3% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 113 | 4.5% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 99 | 4.0% |
| #4 | Florida | | 95 | 3.8% |
| #5 | California | | 92 | 3.7% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 72 | 2.9% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 69 | 2.8% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 65 | 2.6% |
131 of 2,490 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 25 reporting states.
Maelyn appears in 25 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Maelyn's data
- Maelyn's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (1,035 total births) through the 2020s (1,021) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Maelyns (131 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 Maelyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~43 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, 1982–2025 (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 Maelyn 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.