Maeola — girls' name
445 babies named Maeola in U.S. Social Security records since 1909, with the highest year being 1926. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
32% of everyone ever named Maeola was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Maeola in 1926 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Maeola
The Social Security Administration has registered 445 babies named Maeola between 1909 and 1961, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maeola currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1961. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Maeola performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 142 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Maeola shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Maeola 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 445 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.
Maeola at a glance
Last recorded 1961Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Maeola popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–1909
- Peak year (1926)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 53 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1961.
445 total births across 53 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1926 with 18 births in a single year.
Maeola by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 142 births that decade — 32% of Maeola's all-time total
Maeola decade highlights
- Peak decade 142 births
- Runner-up 98 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Maeola's strongest decade
142 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
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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, 1909–1961 (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.