Maely

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 19 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
19
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5927
3 babies

Maely by the numbers

In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Maely. In the US, 19 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.

Its American peak was 26 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Maely

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 Maely. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Marelypleasant lake or fen clearing; a form of Marley50 in the US (2017)
  • Marlypleasant lake or fen clearing; a variant of Marley44 in the US (2017)
  • Maelyn107 in the US (2017)
  • Maeli19 in the US (2017)
  • Maeley18 in the US (2017)
  • Maily6 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Maely

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

  • Malihasmooth, soft, or delicate58 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Maelie29 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Maely

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