girl's name
Maëly
- Gender Girl
- Letters 5
- Popularity Top 1000 (France)
- Births on record 7,969
France
#567
2025 births
Maëly is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 75 babies in France, ranking #567. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
- Peaked in France in 2012, when 480 babies were given the name.
- Its usage has held steady over the past decade in France.
- Today about 1 in 7,860 babies in France is given this name.
- First appears in birth records in 1990.
Maëly 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 | 140 |
| 2000s | 1,465 |
| 2010s | 3,430 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 890 |
How popular is Maëly?
In 2025, Maëly was given to 75 babies in France, ranking #567 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Maëly is used
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 Maëly is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Maely | Maely is a spelling of Maëly, used in Canada, where it ranks #665. | 4,614 |
| Maély | Maély is a rare spelling of Maëly, written with an acute accent and recorded about 345 times, mostly in France. | 345 |
| Mae-Ly | Mae-Ly is Maëly without the diaeresis, and the spelling recorded in France, where it ranks #4,728. | 10 |
Names that peaked alongside Maëly
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Maëly also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Maëly over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Maëly
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Maëly — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Maëly
Is Maëly a girl's or a boy's name?
Maëly is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Maëly most popular?
Maëly peaked in 2012, when 480 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
Is Maëly a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Maëly currently ranks #567 in France. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.