Recorded 2002–2014 Girls' name Peak 2002 20 births

Mailei — girls' name

20 babies named Mailei in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s142010s6
2000s
Peak decade

70% of everyone ever named Mailei was born in this single decade.

2002
Single peak year

7 babies were named Mailei in 2002 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Mailei

The Social Security Administration has registered 20 babies named Mailei between 2002 and 2014, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mailei currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mailei performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 14 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Mailei shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mailei 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 20 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.

Mailei at a glance

Last recorded 2014

Total births

20

Since 2002

13 years of records

Peak year

2002

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2014

Active since

2002

Recorded for 13 years

Last year on file: 2014

Mailei popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2002

Last recorded 2014
Peak year (2002)
7
Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
5.566.577.5 201420042002 7

Mailei by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
14 births that decade — 70% of Mailei's all-time total
2000s142010s6

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Mailei?
20 babies have been named Mailei since 2002. It was last recorded in 2014. The peak year was 2002 with 7 births.
When was Mailei most popular?
Mailei was most popular in the 2000s decade with 14 total births. The single peak year was 2002.
How long has the name Mailei been used?
Mailei has been recorded in Social Security data since 2002, spanning 13 years of data through 2014.
What names are similar to Mailei?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Maia, Maisie, Maira, Mai, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 2002–2014 (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.