girl's name
Maylee
- Gender Girl
- Letters 6
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 5,742
Maylee is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 245 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
- Peaked in 2016, when 268 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 13,532 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1969.
Maylee 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 | 5 |
| 1970s | 17 |
| 1980s | 39 |
| 1990s | 127 |
| 2000s | 777 |
| 2010s | 2,196 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 1,435 |
How popular is Maylee?
In 2025, Maylee was given to 245 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Where Maylee 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 Maylee is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| May-Lee | May-Lee is Maylee written with a hyphen, recorded mostly in Canada. | 320 |
| May'Lee | May'Lee is Maylee written with an apostrophe, recorded mostly in France. | 5 |
Names that peaked alongside Maylee
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Maylee also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Maylee over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Maylee
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Maylee — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Maylee
How popular is the name Maylee?
In 2025, Maylee was given to 245 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Is Maylee a girl's or a boy's name?
Maylee is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Maylee most popular?
Maylee peaked in 2016, when 268 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Maylee a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Maylee currently ranks #1,022 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.