girl's name
Maïlou
- Gender Girl
- Letters 6
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 125
Maïlou 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 2007, when 15 babies were given the name.
- Its usage has held steady 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 2003.
Maïlou over time
Births per decade in France, 2000s 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 |
|---|---|
| 2000s | 50 |
| 2010s | 65 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 10 |
How popular is Maïlou?
In 2025, Maïlou 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 Maïlou is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mailou | Mailou is Maïlou without the diaeresis, and the spelling recorded in France, where it ranks #5,247. | 55 |
| Maï-Lou | Maï-Lou is Maïlou written with a hyphen, recorded mostly in France. | 5 |
Names that peaked alongside Maïlou
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Maïlou also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Maïlou over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Maïlou
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Maïlou — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Maïlou
Is Maïlou a girl's or a boy's name?
Maïlou is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Maïlou most popular?
Maïlou peaked in 2007, when 15 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
Is Maïlou a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Maïlou currently ranks #4,834 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.