Girls' name · since 2008
Maelys
Since 2008, U.S. Social Security records show 269 babies named Maelys, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #16,891 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,640 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 269
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Maelys is the #2640 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 269 recorded since 2008.
Maelys has 269 recorded births among girls since 2008, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2640 as of the latest data, more common than 85% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2025.
- #16,891 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,640 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 269 born since 2008
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maelys ranks #16,891 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,640 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 269 born since 2008, peaking in the 2020s.
- #16,891 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,640 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 269
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Maelys's 269 recorded births place it above 76.63% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Maelys compares
269 43rd 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
Maelys's all-time total is 28% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maelys | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 269 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 66 | 21 | 19,840 |
Maelys's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Maelys's full recorded timeline at 2018, 71% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 29% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2008, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 66 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Maelys popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 66
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Maelys by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (163 births, 61% of the file).
2020s was Maelys's strongest decade.
163 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Maelys births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 12
2000s
12 births
- 2010s
2010s
94 births
- 2020s
2020s
163 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 163 births (61% of all-time use).
Maelys by state
Where Maelys concentrates geographically, total births since 2008
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 17 | 6.3% |
| #2 | Florida | | 10 | 3.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 10 | 3.7% |
17 of 269 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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- New York records the most Maelyss (17 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 Maelys: 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 (~17 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, 2008–2025 (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 Maelys 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.