Maelynn — #995 US girls' name
2,679 babies named Maelynn in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 94% of names given to girls today.
42% of everyone ever named Maelynn was born in this single decade.
259 babies were named Maelynn in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Maelynn
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,679 babies named Maelynn between 1966 and 2024, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maelynn currently holds the #995 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 259 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Maelynn performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 1,131 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Maelynn shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 196 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Maelynn in 33 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Maelynn 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 2,679 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.
Maelynn at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Maelynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1966
- Peak year (2024)
- 259
- Annual births at peak — across 59 years of records
Currently ranks #995 among girls.
2,679 total births across 59 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 259 births in a single year.
Maelynn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 1,131 births that decade — 42% of Maelynn's all-time total
Maelynn decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,131 births
- Runner-up 1,106 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Maelynn's strongest decade
1,131 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Maelynn by state
Where Maelynn concentrates geographically — total births since 1966
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 196 | 7.3% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 152 | 5.7% |
| #3 | California | | 109 | 4.1% |
| #4 | Indiana | | 108 | 4.0% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 102 | 3.8% |
| #6 | Florida | | 87 | 3.2% |
| #7 | Missouri | | 78 | 2.9% |
| #8 | Tennessee | | 76 | 2.8% |
196 of 2,679 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 33 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 7.3% of nationwide
- Ohio 5.7% of nationwide
- California 4.1% of nationwide
- Indiana 4.0% of nationwide
- Michigan 3.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 33 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 7.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Maelynn appears in 33 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1966–2024 (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.