Mayelin

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Mayelin by the numbers

Mayelin was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 13 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Mayelin

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

Sounds like Mayelin

Names that are said the same way as Mayelin, 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)
  • Mailen38 in the US (2017)
  • Mailyn36 in the US (2017)
  • Mayleen33 in the US (2017)
  • Maylen31 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Mayelin

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