Mayleen
Feminine
Mayleen joins a month to an Irish ending. May is old in English naming, used for the month and as everybody's short form for Mary; -leen came from Kathleen and Maureen and had become a general suffix by the middle of the last century.
How old is the name Mayleen?
Mayleen first appears in US birth records in 1978 — 47 years ago. The typical Mayleen alive today was born around 2012, making them about 13 years old. About 900 people named Mayleen are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Mayleen most popular?
Mayleen peaked in 2012, reaching #2708 nationally. Today it ranks #5099, 2,391 places below that high. See the whole 2012 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Mayleen
American families of the mid twentieth century built women's names by taking a syllable they already loved and adding an ending that was in the air, and the -leen ending had a long run: Charleen, Darleen, Marleen, Rayleen, Mayleen. What such a name usually records is a relative, since the first syllable is almost always somebody's, and a decade, since the ending is dated almost to the year. That is a modest inheritance and a genuine one.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The compound is not documented. May is genuine, from the month named for the Roman goddess Maia and from Mary. The -leen ending began as an Irish diminutive and had stopped meaning anything by the time it became a suffix, so nothing carries into the whole.
Pronouncing Mayleen
MAY-leen
Two syllables, stress usually in front, with the ending held long. Some families put a second beat on the close.
Nicknames for Mayleen
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
- 1978
- Most girls named
- 201265 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2708reached in 2012
- Change vs 2024
- +56.3%25 in 2025, from 16
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.
Mayleen in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New York.
Mayleens among us
people named Mayleen are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 64,291 born in 2025 was named Mayleen
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Mayleen
- #5099
- Mayleen on the 2025 chart
- #886
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Mayleen went to 25 girls in 2025, but Mailen, Maileen and Maylen are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 74, which makes it the 886th most-given girls’ name of the year — 4,213 places above the chart.
About 1 girl in 21,720 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 64,291 for Mayleen 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 Andrena test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Mayleen's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Andrena climbed just as high around 1968, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Andrena's path sketches the road Mayleen is walking now.
Mayleen 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 Mayleen is headed
Mayleen is easing off slowly — about 24% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
Medium 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.
Mayleen beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Mayleen in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- May works as a short form and is a complete name in its own right.
- Every sound in it is ordinary English, so nobody stumbles.
- It is genuinely uncommon while sounding entirely familiar.
- Mayleen, Maylene and Maeleen are all in use and said identically.
- The -leen ending places the name in a particular stretch of decades.
- Only half of it has a documented history, which is worth saying plainly.
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Frequently asked
- How many Mayleens are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Mayleen are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Mayleen?
- Mayleen is the most-used spelling in US records — 25 of the 74 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Mailen, Maileen and Maylen.
- How popular is the name Mayleen in 2025?
- Mayleen ranks #5099 among US girl names in 2025, with 25 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Mayleen?
- About 1 in every 64,291 US girls born in 2025 was named Mayleen — 25 in all.
- Will my child share the name Mayleen with classmates?
- Mayleen will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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