Mayella
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mah-YEH-lah
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Mayella is a girls' name of Spanish origin. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
Where does Mayella come from?
Spanish: spelling of Mayela; Latin American name, probably a pet form built on María
Meaning borrowed from Mayela.
Is Mayella a girl's or a boy's name?
Mayella is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mayella in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Mayella, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 2007.
2025 had fewer girls named Mayella than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Mayella in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mayella in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
Names like Mayella
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alaia, Amoura, Solana, Amora, Daleyza, Ximena, Marigold, Alara, Aitana, Zamora, Elara, Briella
Names related to Mayella
Mayla, Mayeli, Maela, Malea, Maelle, Maleyah, Maleya, Myelle
More Spanish names
Santiago, Lola, Xavier, Amaya, Diego, Rio, Cruz, Elian, Jesus, Javier, Esmeralda, Amayah, Reina, Cesar, Sierra, Paloma
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, “Mayella: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mayella, updated 20 October 2026.