Mayley

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Mayley by the numbers

Mayley was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 15 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Mayley

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 Mayley. 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)
  • Maylee211 in the US (2017)
  • Maylen31 in the US (2017)
  • Maeley18 in the US (2017)
  • Mailey8 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Mayley

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

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