Maelyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAY-lin
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #1,248 for girls
Maelyn is a girls' name of Modern origin, meaning “May + lake”. In 2025 it ranked 1,248th for girls in the US (180 babies).
What does Maelyn mean?
Modern: blend of Mae and Lynn
“May + lake”
A modern blend of Mae and Lynn; Lynn comes from Welsh llyn, lake.
Is Maelyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Maelyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 180 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maelyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,248th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 180 about 1 in 8,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 180 girls in the US were named Maelyn, making it the 1,248th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,398th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 201 girls. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the girls named Maelyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 644 girls in the US were given Maelyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #493, up from #1,248 for this spelling alone.
Maelyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 180 | #1,248 |
| 2024 | 201 | #1,188 |
| 2023 | 182 | #1,264 |
| 2022 | 170 | #1,367 |
| 2021 | 132 | #1,584 |
| 2020 | 156 | #1,398 |
| 2019 | 187 | #1,247 |
| 2018 | 100 | #1,968 |
| 2017 | 107 | #1,889 |
| 2016 | 94 | #2,084 |
| 2015 | 104 | #1,937 |
| 2014 | 95 | #2,049 |
| 2013 | 99 | #1,977 |
| 2012 | 93 | #2,064 |
| 2011 | 81 | #2,298 |
| 2010 | 75 | #2,476 |
| 2009 | 50 | #3,297 |
| 2008 | 46 | #3,528 |
| 2007 | 34 | #4,379 |
| 2006 | 35 | #4,164 |
| 2005 | 29 | #4,577 |
| 2004 | 32 | #4,283 |
| 2003 | 34 | #3,942 |
| 2002 | 25 | #4,763 |
| 2001 | 24 | #4,829 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
Nicknames for Maelyn
- Mae 124 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Maelyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brynlee, Braelynn, Londyn, Raelynn, Lakelynn, Teagan, Gracelynn, Sevyn, Brooklyn, Jazlyn, Oaklynn, Lennon
Other spellings of Maelyn
Maelynn, Maylin, Meylin, Maylynn, Maylyn, Maylen, Meilyn, Maelin, Malan
Names related to Maelyn
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Ailani
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, “Maelyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maelyn, updated 20 October 2026.