Maily
Feminine · “apricot blossom”
Maily appears in both Vietnamese-American and Spanish-language records, and the two sources are entirely separate — Vietnamese Mai Ly is two words, and the Spanish is a María compound.
How old is the name Maily?
Maily first appears in US birth records in 1986 — 39 years ago. The typical Maily alive today was born around 2012, making them about 13 years old. About 600 people named Maily are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Maily most popular?
Maily peaked in 2010, reaching #3360 nationally. Today it ranks #3832, 472 places below that high. See the whole 2010 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Maily
Ours, offered as ours. Vietnamese hoa mai is the yellow apricot blossom that opens for Tết in the south of the country, and a branch of it in the house is what marks the new year — the northern equivalent is the peach. Mai is one of the most-used Vietnamese women's names because of it. Written into an American form that allows one first name, Mai Ly becomes Maily, and the blossom is genuinely at the front of it.
Meaningscholars disagree
apricot blossom, or Mary
Vietnamese mai names the yellow apricot blossom of the lunar new year and ly is a plum or a unit; Mai Ly written closed becomes Maily. Separately Spanish-language naming produces Maily from María and a diminutive ending. Both are documented.
Pronouncing Maily
MY-lee
Two syllables, first stressed. Vietnamese gives both syllables tones that English does not carry.
Nicknames for Maily
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1986
- Most girls named
- 201048 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3360reached in 2010
- Change vs 2024
- −5.0%38 in 2025, from 40
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Maily in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Mai Ly in Vietnamese — related form
- Maily in Spanish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California.
Mailys among us
people named Maily are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 42,297 born in 2025 was named Maily
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Maily
- #3832
- Maily on the 2025 chart
- #867
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Maily went to 38 girls in 2025, but Mayli and Maili are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 93, which makes it the 867th most-given girls’ name of the year — 2,965 places above the chart.
- Mayli50
- Maily38
- Maili5
About 1 girl in 17,282 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 42,297 for Maily itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Amisha test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Maily's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Amisha climbed just as high around 1986, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Amisha's path sketches the road Maily is walking now.
Maily sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Maily is headed
Maily is on a steep climb — if the curve holds, 2030 could see around 71% more babies given the name than today. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Maily beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Maily in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Mai is a complete Vietnamese name in its own right and a ready short form.
- Read correctly on sight by most English speakers.
- Six letters and two syllables, quick to write.
- Vietnamese is tonal and the tones are lost entirely in English spelling.
- The two possible sources are unrelated, so the meaning depends on the family.
- Maily, Mailee and Maylee are all in use and none is dominant.
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Frequently asked
- How many Mailys are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Maily are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Maily?
- Maily is one of 3 recorded spellings. Mayli is the more common one — 50 births in 2025 against 38 for Maily.
- How popular is the name Maily in 2025?
- Maily ranks #3832 among US girl names in 2025, with 38 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Maily?
- About 1 in every 42,297 US girls born in 2025 was named Maily — 38 in all.
- Will my child share the name Maily with classmates?
- Maily will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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