Maelin
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAY-lin
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Maelin is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
Where does Maelin come from?
Modern: blend of Mae and Lynn
Is Maelin a girl's or a boy's name?
Maelin is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maelin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Maelin, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Maelin in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 644 girls in the US were given Maelin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #493, up from #10,104 for this spelling alone.
Maelin in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 21 | #5,991 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
Nicknames for Maelin
- Mae 124 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Maelin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brynlee Braelynn Lakelynn Gracelynn Oaklynn Raelynn Miley Teagan Aylin Lennon Rowan Londyn
Other spellings of Maelin
Maelynn Maelyn Maylin Meylin Maylynn Maylyn Maylen Meilyn Malan
Names related to Maelin
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Ailani Kayson
Sources
Figures from 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, “Maelin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maelin, updated 20 October 2026.