Mayleigh
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAY-lee
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,387 for girls
Mayleigh is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 2,387th for girls in the US (75 babies).
Where does Mayleigh come from?
Modern: blend of May and Leigh
Is Mayleigh a girl's or a boy's name?
Mayleigh is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 75 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mayleigh in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 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, 3 girls in the UK were named Mayleigh, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 5 girls.
2025 had more girls named Mayleigh than any year since 2020.
In 2025, 42 girls in the UK were given Mayleigh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #822, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Mayleigh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
How popular is Mayleigh in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,387th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 75 about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 75 girls in the US were named Mayleigh, making it the 2,387th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,221st. It first appears in the records in 1999.
2025 had the most girls named Mayleigh of any year since it first appeared, in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Mayleigh in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 805 girls in the US were given Mayleigh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #410, up from #2,387 for this spelling alone.
Mayleigh in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 75 | #2,387 |
| 2024 | 48 | #3,277 |
| 2023 | 49 | #3,274 |
| 2022 | 60 | #2,821 |
| 2021 | 50 | #3,215 |
| 2020 | 48 | #3,221 |
| 2019 | 48 | #3,271 |
| 2018 | 60 | #2,809 |
| 2017 | 50 | #3,192 |
| 2016 | 48 | #3,326 |
| 2015 | 49 | #3,299 |
| 2014 | 49 | #3,270 |
| 2013 | 44 | #3,511 |
| 2012 | 45 | #3,522 |
| 2011 | 32 | #4,465 |
| 2010 | 30 | #4,734 |
| 2009 | 39 | #3,943 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
Nicknames for Mayleigh
- May 75 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Mayleigh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Myla, Fiadh, Mila, Orla, Maeve, Indie, Miley, Maeva, Eden, Maisie, Isla, Lyra
Other spellings of Mayleigh
Mailey, Maylee, Maily, Mayli, Maely, Meili, Maylie, Maelie, Maelee, Maeleigh, Maeli, Mailee
Names related to Mayleigh
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, “Mayleigh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mayleigh, updated 20 October 2026.