girl's name
Maelynn
- Gender Girl
- Letters 7
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 3,490
Maelynn is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 234 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
- Peaked in 2024, when 261 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 14,168 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1966.
Maelynn over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1960s 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 |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 12 |
| 1970s | 19 |
| 1980s | 19 |
| 1990s | 80 |
| 2000s | 312 |
| 2010s | 1,107 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 1,367 |
How popular is Maelynn?
In 2025, Maelynn was given to 234 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Where Maelynn is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
How Maelynn is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Maëlynn | Maëlynn is a rare spelling of Maelynn, written with a diaeresis and recorded about 315 times, mostly in France. | 315 |
| Maélynn | Maélynn is a rare spelling of Maelynn, written with an acute accent and recorded about 10 times, mostly in France. | 10 |
| Maé-Lynn | Maé-Lynn is Maelynn written with a hyphen, recorded mostly in France. | 5 |
| Mae-Lynn | Mae-Lynn is Maelynn written with a hyphen, recorded mostly in France. | 5 |
Names that peaked alongside Maelynn
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Maelynn also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Maelynn over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Maelynn
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Maelynn — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Maelynn
How popular is the name Maelynn?
In 2025, Maelynn was given to 234 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Is Maelynn a girl's or a boy's name?
Maelynn is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Maelynn most popular?
Maelynn peaked in 2024, when 261 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Maelynn a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Maelynn currently ranks #1,054 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.