girl's name
Maeline
- Gender Girl
- Letters 7
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 6,625
France
#714
as Maëline, 2025
Maeline is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 5 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
- Peaked in France in 2011, when 470 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade in France.
- Today about 1 in 117,911 babies in France is given this name.
- First appears in birth records in 1992.
Maeline over time
Births per decade in France, 1990s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1990s | 75 |
| 2000s | 2,135 |
| 2010s | 3,700 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 715 |
How popular is Maeline?
In 2025, Maeline was given to 5 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.
How Maeline is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Maëline | Maëline is Maeline written with a diaeresis in France, and the spelling parents there overwhelmingly choose: it ranks #714 in France, against #4,690 for Maeline. | 2,735 |
| Maéline | Maéline is Maeline written with an acute accent in France, and the spelling parents there overwhelmingly choose: it ranks #1,557 in France, against #4,690 for Maeline. | 825 |
| Mae-Line | Mae-Line is Maeline written with a hyphen, recorded mostly in France. | 5 |
Names that peaked alongside Maeline
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Maeline also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Maeline over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Maeline
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Maeline — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Maeline
Is Maeline a girl's or a boy's name?
Maeline is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Maeline most popular?
Maeline peaked in 2011, when 470 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.
Is Maeline a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Maeline currently ranks #714 in France. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.