Maylen

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 31 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
31
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Maylen by the numbers

Maylen was given to 31 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 76 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Maylen

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

Sounds like Maylen

Names that are said the same way as Maylen, 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)
  • Mailyn36 in the US (2017)
  • Maylene31 in the US (2017)
  • Maylynn18 in the US (2017)
  • Mailynn8 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Maylen

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