girl's name

Mai-Linh

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 8
  • Births on record 279

Mai-Linh is a girl's name. In 2024 it was given to 5 babies in France. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in France in 2012, when 20 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade in France.
  • First appears in birth records in 1991.

Mai-Linh over time

Births per decade in France, 1990s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2024, not a full ten years.

120
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Births named Mai-Linh by decade in France
Decade Births
1990s 10
2000s 75
2010s 120
2020s (to 2024) 50

How popular is Mai-Linh?

In 2024, Mai-Linh was given to 5 babies in France. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Mai-Linh is used

France as Maï-Linh #4,655 5 in 2025
United States as Mailinh #17,684 5 in 2011

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

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 Mai-Linh is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Maï-Linh Maï-Linh is a rare spelling of Mai-Linh, written with a diaeresis and recorded about 60 times, mostly in France. 60
Mailinh Mailinh is Mai-Linh written as one word, recorded mostly in France. 29
Maïlinh Maïlinh is Mai-Linh written as one word, recorded mostly in France. 5

Names that peaked alongside Mai-Linh

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Mai-Linh also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Mai-Linh over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Mai-Linh

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Mai-Linh — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Mai-Linh

Is Mai-Linh a girl's or a boy's name?

Mai-Linh is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Mai-Linh most popular?

Mai-Linh peaked in 2012, when 20 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Mai-Linh a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Mai-Linh currently ranks #4,655 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.