Maeleigh
Recorded 2000–2025 · United States
Maeleigh was most popular in 2016, when 65 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,679 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,336, with 54 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 883 people named Maeleigh.
Maeleigh over time
How old is the name Maeleigh?
Maeleigh first appears in Social Security Administration records in 2000, which makes it about 25 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 24 of the 26 years since.
How many people are named Maeleigh?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 883 American births named Maeleigh between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 877 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Maeleigh in 2025?
54 American babies were named Maeleigh in 2025, ranking #5,336 that year.
Is Maeleigh getting more or less popular?
Maeleigh is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 53 births a year, against 45 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +18% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Maeleigh a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Maeleigh is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 883 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Maeleigh?
Roughly 877 Americans named Maeleigh are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 9 years old, and half are between 5 and 13. That is a narrow band because Maeleigh is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org