Maeley

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 18 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
18
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Maeley by the numbers

Maeley was given to 18 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 23 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Maeley

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Maeley. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Marleypleasant lake or fen clearing395 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Malleydescendant of Maolmhuaidh, Irish surname9 in the US (2017)
  • Maelee69 in the US (2017)
  • Maely19 in the US (2017)
  • Mailey8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mayley9 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Maeley

Names that are said the same way as Maeley, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Maeley

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