Maela
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ma-EL-a
- Origin
- Celtic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,961 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,028 for girls
Maela is a girls' name of Celtic origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,961st for girls in the UK (15 babies) and 3,028th for girls in the US (54 babies).
What does Maela mean?
Celtic: feminine of the Breton name Mael
A feminine form of the Breton name Mael; Maelle is the more usual French feminine.
Is Maela a girl's or a boy's name?
Maela is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the UK and 54 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maela in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,961among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Newly popularnew in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were named Maela, making it the 1,961st most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2024, with 16 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,892nd in England and Wales.
Maela in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,961 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,881 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
How popular is Maela in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,028among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 54about 1 in 30,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 197% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 54 girls in the US were named Maela, making it the 3,028th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,878th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 70 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the girls named Maela in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 72 girls in the US were given Maela or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,103, up from #3,028 for this spelling alone.
- Maela 54
- Maelah 10
- Maella 8
Maela in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54 | #3,028 |
| 2024 | 70 | #2,533 |
| 2023 | 54 | #3,047 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,790 |
| 2021 | 28 | #4,715 |
| 2020 | 26 | #4,878 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
Names like Maela
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maeva Mila Vienna Liyana Ayra Arabella Isla Myla Lyra Sienna Orla Luna
Names related to Maela
Malia Maleeha Mayla Meila Melia Meela Maelie Mihaela Maleah Maelee Maleia Maila
More Celtic names
Arthur Imogen Gael Harvey Alana Alan Tristan Lana Alaina Sabrina Alanna Bryce Devon Arturo Alannah Cedric
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Maela: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maela, updated 20 October 2026.