Girls' name · since 1909
Maeola
Since 1909, U.S. Social Security records show 445 babies named Maeola, peaking in 1926. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #12,704 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 445
- born since 1909
- 1920s
- peak decade
Maeola sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 445 recorded since 1909.
Maeola has 445 recorded births among girls since 1909, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1909 to 1961.
- #12,704 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 445 born since 1909
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maeola ranks #12,704 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 445 born since 1909, peaking in the 1920s.
- #12,704 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 445
- born since 1909
- 1920s
- peak decade
Maeola's 445 recorded births place it above 82.43% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Maeola's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Maeola's full recorded timeline at 1932, 44% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 56% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1910, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1926 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Maeola popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1909–1961
- Peak year (1926)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Maeola by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (142 births, 32% of the file).
1920s was Maeola's strongest decade.
142 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Maeola births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 6
1900s
6 births
- 1910s
1910s
85 births
- 1920s
1920s
142 births
- 1930s
1930s
98 births
- 1940s
1940s
67 births
- 1950s 40
1950s
40 births
- 1960s 7
1960s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 142 births (32% of all-time use).
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What to do with Maeola's data
- Maeola's decade-level peak was the 1920s (142 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Maeola: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1926)
Similar record span (~52 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, 1909–1961 (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 Maeola 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.