Maelynn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAY-lin
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #1,053 for girls
Maelynn is a girls' name of Modern origin, meaning “May + lake”. In 2025 it ranked 1,053rd for girls in the US (234 babies).
What does Maelynn mean?
Modern: blend of Mae and Lynn
“May + lake”
A modern blend of Mae and Lynn; Lynn comes from Welsh llyn, lake.
Is Maelynn a girl's or a boy's name?
Maelynn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 234 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maelynn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,053among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 234about 1 in 6,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 234 girls in the US were named Maelynn, making it the 1,053rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,115th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 261 girls. It first appears in the records in 1966.
Half of all the girls named Maelynn in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 644 girls in the US were given Maelynn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #493, up from #1,053 for this spelling alone.
Maelynn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 234 | #1,053 |
| 2024 | 261 | #990 |
| 2023 | 222 | #1,107 |
| 2022 | 235 | #1,069 |
| 2021 | 197 | #1,209 |
| 2020 | 218 | #1,115 |
| 2019 | 195 | #1,198 |
| 2018 | 150 | #1,461 |
| 2017 | 123 | #1,721 |
| 2016 | 133 | #1,636 |
| 2015 | 111 | #1,850 |
| 2014 | 109 | #1,853 |
| 2013 | 87 | #2,152 |
| 2012 | 83 | #2,265 |
| 2011 | 57 | #2,988 |
| 2010 | 59 | #2,905 |
| 2009 | 56 | #3,046 |
| 2008 | 45 | #3,583 |
| 2007 | 44 | #3,652 |
| 2006 | 34 | #4,264 |
| 2005 | 34 | #4,114 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,373 |
| 2003 | 22 | #5,414 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,169 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
Nicknames for Maelynn
- Mae 124 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Maelynn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Braelynn Raelynn Brynlee Lakelynn Teagan Oaklynn Gracelynn Brynn Rylynn Lennon Rowan Brylee
Other spellings of Maelynn
Maelyn Maylin Meylin Maylynn Maylyn Maylen Meilyn Maelin Malan
Names related to Maelynn
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, “Maelynn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maelynn, updated 20 October 2026.