Fun Facts About the Name Maeley
- 254 babies named Maeley: U.S. records list 254 babies given the name Maeley from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Maeley Mean?
Maeley is a modern feminine name used chiefly in the United States. It is built from the element Mae (also spelled May) together with the ending -ley, a spelling that became widespread in English-speaking girls' names of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, as in Hailey, Kayley, and Bailey. Because the name is a recent combination rather than a form inherited from an older language, it has no single settled etymology.
Whatever meaning the name carries comes from the base element. May can be understood as the month name, which comes from Latin Maius, traditionally linked to Maia, a Roman goddess; as a reference to the hawthorn blossom that flowers in that month; or as a pet form of Margaret, from Greek margaritēs, "pearl," or of Mary. The -ley ending in names of this kind works as a stylistic closing element. It does not necessarily carry the Old English sense of lēah, "woodland clearing," that it has in place-derived surnames such as Berkeley and Ashley.
Maeley Name History & Origins
The name belongs to a large group of English-language girls' names formed by adding a -ley, -lee, or -leigh ending to a short familiar element. Spellings such as Maeley, Maelee, Maely, and Mailee differ mainly by family and regional preference rather than by origin, and they are not separate names with individual histories.
Mae itself has a longer record. It was used as a given name in the English-speaking world by the nineteenth century, both as a pet form of Margaret and Mary and as a name drawn from the month of May, a usage strengthened by the month's association with spring and by May Day celebrations. Maeley attaches that older element to a modern ending, so its own history is short and it carries no saint's legend, religious feast, or long literary tradition of its own.
How Popular is the Name Maeley?
Maeley has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2015. Its best rank was #5,765 in 2015.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,238 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2024 | #12,902 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2023 | #8,769 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2022 | #6,125 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2021 | #9,312 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2020 | #10,786 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 2019 | #14,892 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #6,691 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2017 | #6,704 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2016 | #7,470 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2015 | #5,765 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2014 | #9,918 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2013 | #8,019 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2012 | #7,336 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2011 | #10,877 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2010 | #11,865 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2009 | #8,724 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2008 | #9,856 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2005 | #11,475 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2003 | #15,013 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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