Fun Facts About the Name Mailee
- 639 babies named Mailee: U.S. records list 639 babies given the name Mailee from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Mailee Mean?
In English, Mailee is a modern feminine spelling with no single firmly established meaning. It is sometimes treated as a variant of Maylee or Miley, but it also matches a romanization of the Thai name Malee (มาลี), from a word meaning "flower." It resembles the Hawaiian name Maile, which names the maile vine (Alyxia stellata) used in leis, but the similar spelling does not prove that the names share an origin. Because Mailee can stand for more than one unrelated name, no single literal meaning can be assigned to it with confidence.
Mailee Name History & Origins
The exact spelling Mailee is used chiefly in modern English-speaking countries. In Thailand, Malee (มาลี) is a traditional female name from a word for flower; that word is related to Pali and Sanskrit mālā, meaning "garland." In Hawaii, Maile is an independent name taken from the fragrant maile vine, a plant traditionally used in leis. English Maylee can be a blend of May and Lee, and Miley has its own separate history as a surname-derived given name. Mailee may be a respelling of any of these, so its history is tied to whichever source name a family had in mind rather than to a single continuous tradition.
How Popular is the Name Mailee?
Mailee 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 2008. Its best rank was #4,144 in 2008.
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 | #7,362 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2024 | #8,222 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2023 | #6,089 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2022 | #6,371 | 19 | 0.0012% |
| 2021 | #7,135 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 2020 | #9,295 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2019 | #6,918 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2018 | #6,693 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2017 | #7,299 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2016 | #9,208 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2015 | #7,155 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2014 | #7,517 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2013 | #6,395 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2012 | #7,663 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2011 | #6,758 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2010 | #4,813 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 2009 | #5,177 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 2008 | #4,144 | 38 | 0.0020% |
| 2007 | #5,179 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 2006 | #4,905 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 2005 | #4,789 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 2004 | #5,680 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2003 | #5,342 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2002 | #5,016 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2001 | #6,506 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2000 | #7,851 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1999 | #10,008 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1998 | #11,902 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1997 | #10,410 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1996 | #8,576 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1995 | #11,255 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1994 | #9,296 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1993 | #9,208 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1992 | #12,706 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #7,140 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1988 | #13,032 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1987 | #10,671 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1986 | #6,414 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1983 | #11,269 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1976 | #10,199 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1975 | #9,957 | 5 | 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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