Girls' name · since 1969
Maylee
Maylee has 4,596 recorded births since 1969 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,714 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,024 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,596
- born since 1969
- 2010s
- peak decade
Maylee currently ranks #1024 among girls' names in America, with 4,596 babies recorded since 1969.
Maylee has 4,596 recorded births among girls since 1969, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1024 as of the latest data, more common than 94% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 2025.
- #2,714 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,024 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,596 born since 1969
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maylee ranks #2,714 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,024 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,596 born since 1969, peaking in the 2010s.
- #2,714 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,024 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,596
- born since 1969
- 2010s
- peak decade
Maylee's 4,596 recorded births place it above 96.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
36 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Maylee compares
4,596 Top 14% higher than 86% of 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
Maylee's all-time total is 12x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maylee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,596 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 268 | 21 | 19,840 |
Maylee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Maylee's SSA record in two at 2003 and the more recent half accounts for 94% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 6%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1969, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2016 peak of 268, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Maylee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 268
- Annual births at peak, across 57 years of records
Maylee by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (2,196 births, 48% of the file).
2010s was Maylee's strongest decade.
2,196 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Maylee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 17
1970s
17 births
- 1980s 39
1980s
39 births
- 1990s 127
1990s
127 births
- 2000s 777
2000s
777 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,196 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,435 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 2,196 births (48% of all-time use).
How Maylee compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Maylee's total volume
Maylee by state
Where Maylee concentrates geographically, total births since 1969
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 391 | 8.5% |
| #2 | Utah | | 265 | 5.8% |
| #3 | California | | 250 | 5.4% |
| #4 | Tennessee | | 204 | 4.4% |
| #5 | Indiana | | 173 | 3.8% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 170 | 3.7% |
| #7 | Missouri | | 167 | 3.6% |
| #8 | Kentucky | | 144 | 3.1% |
391 of 4,596 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 36 reporting states.
Maylee appears in 36 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Maylee's data
- Maylee's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (2,196 total births) through the 2020s (1,435) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Maylees (391 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Maylee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~56 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, 1969–2025 (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 Maylee 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.