Fun Facts About the Name Mailene
- 16 babies named Mailene: U.S. records list 16 babies given the name Mailene from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Mailene Mean?
Mailene is a rare English given name, most plausibly a respelling of Maylene, a form of Marlene. Marlene is German in origin, a contracted form of Maria Magdalena, the pairing of the names Maria and Magdalena. Maria goes back to Hebrew Miriam, a name whose meaning is not securely known; explanations such as "bitter" or "beloved" are guesses built on similar-sounding Hebrew words. Magdalena means "of Magdala," referring to the town of Magdala on the Sea of Galilee, a place name probably derived from Hebrew migdal, "tower." If Mailene follows this line, it has no single literal translation: it inherits the combined sense "Maria of Magdala" rather than one word meaning. Because the spelling is rare and not documented in standard name references, it may equally be a modern English respelling that substitutes ai for the ay of Maylene without any separate origin. A further caution: the Hawaiian name Maile, taken from the fragrant vine used in leis, looks similar but is a separate name and is not a source for Mailene.
Mailene Name History & Origins
Names built on Maria Magdalena spread through medieval Christian Europe, where Mary Magdalene was a major saint. In German-speaking regions the two names were compressed into Marlene, and speakers of German, Dutch, and the Scandinavian languages also used short forms such as Malene and Marleen. In English, names ending in -lene, -leen, or -line - Eileen, Kathleen, Charlene, Darlene, Maylene - became common in the 19th and 20th centuries, and a spelling such as Mailene fits that pattern, with ai standing for the "ay" sound heard in Mae.
Mailene itself has no well-documented early history and appears only occasionally in English-speaking countries as an individual spelling rather than as a name with its own recorded tradition. Its better-known relatives carry the historical weight: Magdalene entered Western naming through the saint, and Marlene was long established in German-speaking Europe before it became familiar in English. The connection to Marlene and Maylene is the most likely explanation for this spelling, but it rests on inference rather than documentation.
How Popular is the Name Mailene?
Mailene 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 2025. Its best rank was #14,283 in 2025.
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 | #14,283 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2008 | #19,374 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #17,350 | 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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