Mailen

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 38 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
38
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Mailen by the numbers

Mailen was given to 38 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 45 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Mailen

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

  • Mailegarland; wreath of flowers21 in the US (2017)
  • Marlen54 in the US (2017)
  • Mailyn36 in the US (2017)
  • Maylen31 in the US (2017)
  • Maisen22 in the US (2017)
  • Mailey8 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Mailen

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

  • Malinlittle strong one9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mahlinfrom mahli; sickly or weak one4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Maylin88 in the US (2017)
  • Mayleen33 in the US (2017)
  • Maylene31 in the US (2017)
  • Maylynn18 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Mailen

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