Maelie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAY-lee
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,516 for girls
Maelie is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 3,516th for girls in the US (43 babies).
Where does Maelie come from?
Modern: blend of Mae and -lie; also a French name based on Breton Mael
Is Maelie a girl's or a boy's name?
Maelie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 43 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maelie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 278% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Maelie, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 21 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Maelie than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Maelie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2020 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 42 girls in the UK were given Maelie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #822, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Maelie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,644 |
| 2023 | 21 | #1,560 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
How popular is Maelie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,516th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 43 about 1 in 37,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 43 girls in the US were named Maelie, making it the 3,516th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,840th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 71 girls. It first appears in the records in 2004.
Half of all the girls named Maelie in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 805 girls in the US were given Maelie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #410, up from #3,516 for this spelling alone.
Maelie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | #3,516 |
| 2024 | 71 | #2,508 |
| 2023 | 54 | #3,047 |
| 2022 | 41 | #3,701 |
| 2021 | 31 | #4,409 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,840 |
| 2019 | 47 | #3,336 |
| 2018 | 24 | #5,311 |
| 2017 | 29 | #4,693 |
| 2016 | 32 | #4,422 |
| 2015 | 44 | #3,533 |
| 2014 | 38 | #3,923 |
| 2013 | 37 | #4,000 |
| 2012 | 30 | #4,705 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 25 | #5,412 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,707 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
Nicknames for Maelie
- Mae 124 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Maelie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Indie, Maisie, Myla, Elodie, Mila, Isla, Miley, Harper, Millie, Sylvie, Lyra, Freya
Other spellings of Maelie
Mailey, Maylee, Maily, Mayli, Maely, Mayleigh, Meili, Maylie, Maelee, Maeleigh, Maeli, Mailee
Names related to Maelie
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn, Ailani, Kayson
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, “Maelie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maelie, updated 20 October 2026.