Mayelin
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mah-yeh-LEEN
- Origin
- Modern
Mayelin is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Mayelin come from?
Modern: Latin American coinage, perhaps May + Lin
Is Mayelin a girl's or a boy's name?
Mayelin is a girls' name.
How popular is Mayelin in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the girls named Mayelin in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mayelin in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
Nicknames for Mayelin
Names like Mayelin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Madisson Madilyn Miley Madison Zariah Kaliyah Emerson Gracelynn Addison Jazlyn Maelynn Nevaeh
Names related to Mayelin
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Jax Indie Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn 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, “Mayelin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mayelin, updated 20 October 2026.