Total births
154
Girls' name · since 2006
Maylah
Maylah has 154 recorded births since 2006 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5274
- among girls today
- 154
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 70%
- more common than other girls
Yes -- Maylah is the #5274 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 154 recorded since 2006.
Maylah has 154 recorded births among girls since 2006, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5274 as of the latest data, more common than 70% 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 2006 to 2025.
- #5274 among girls today
- 154 born since 2006
- 2020s peak decade
- 70% more common than other girls
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
Maylah is currently the #5274 girls' name in America, more common than 70% of girls - 154 born since 2006, peaking in the 2020s.
- #5274
- among girls today
- 154
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 70%
- more common than other girls
Maylah vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
#5274
of 17,726 girls in use
More common than 70% of names given to girls today.
2020s
Peak decade
63% of everyone ever named Maylah was born in this single decade.
2025
Single peak year
31 babies were named Maylah in 2025 - its busiest year on record.
How Maylah compares
154 32nd percentile among 17,726 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
Maylah's all-time total is 60% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maylah | Median girls name (Emerly) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 154 | 382 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 31 | 48 | 19,840 |
Maylah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Maylah splits its recorded history at 2019: 73% of all births land in the more recent half, 27% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2011 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 31 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Maylah at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
2025
Current rank
#5,274
Active since
2006
Maylah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 31
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Maylah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Maylah's strongest decade.
97 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Maylah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
51 births
- 2020s
2020s
97 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 97 births (63% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Maylah? ▼
Since 2006, Social Security records show 154 babies named Maylah. Today it holds rank #5274 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2025, with 31 births.
When was Maylah most popular? ▼
Maylah was most popular in the 2020s decade with 97 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
How long has the name Maylah been used? ▼
Records for Maylah go back to 2006, giving 20 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Maylah? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Maya, May, Mayra, Mayme, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
Keep exploring Maylah
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 2006–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Maylah: #5274 Girls' Name - 154 Births, Peak 2025." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/maylah. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Maylah 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 July 2026.