Maylee
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAY-lee
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,022 for girls
Maylee is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 1,022nd for girls in the US (245 babies).
Where does Maylee come from?
Modern: blend of May and Lee
More on Wiktionary.
Is Maylee a girl's or a boy's name?
Maylee is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 245 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maylee in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,101st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 67% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Maylee, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Maylee in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 42 girls in the UK were given Maylee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #822, up from #3,101 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Maylee in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
How popular is Maylee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,022nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 245 about 1 in 6,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 245 girls in the US were named Maylee, making it the 1,022nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,084th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 268 girls. It first appears in the records in 1969.
Half of all the girls named Maylee in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 805 girls in the US were given Maylee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #410, up from #1,022 for this spelling alone.
Maylee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 245 | #1,022 |
| 2024 | 249 | #1,018 |
| 2023 | 220 | #1,117 |
| 2022 | 257 | #1,012 |
| 2021 | 237 | #1,061 |
| 2020 | 227 | #1,084 |
| 2019 | 202 | #1,175 |
| 2018 | 212 | #1,149 |
| 2017 | 212 | #1,160 |
| 2016 | 268 | #989 |
| 2015 | 236 | #1,095 |
| 2014 | 228 | #1,112 |
| 2013 | 236 | #1,046 |
| 2012 | 216 | #1,136 |
| 2011 | 217 | #1,127 |
| 2010 | 169 | #1,372 |
| 2009 | 200 | #1,237 |
| 2008 | 159 | #1,474 |
| 2007 | 86 | #2,257 |
| 2006 | 65 | #2,728 |
| 2005 | 59 | #2,783 |
| 2004 | 56 | #2,847 |
| 2003 | 52 | #2,920 |
| 2002 | 41 | #3,330 |
| 2001 | 36 | #3,627 |
| 2000 | 23 | #4,976 |
| 1999 | 51 | #2,700 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,359 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
Nicknames for Maylee
- May 75 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Maylee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Myla, Maeve, Maisie, Mila, Indie, Miley, Harper, Willow, Lyra, Isla, Freya, Esme
Other spellings of Maylee
Mailey, Maily, Mayli, Maely, Mayleigh, Meili, Maylie, Maelie, Maelee, Maeleigh, Maeli, Mailee
Names related to Maylee
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn, Ailani, Kayson
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Maylee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maylee, updated 20 October 2026.