Mayleigh
Feminine · “May”
Mayleigh joins May to a -leigh ending — a Roman goddess of growth and an Old English clearing, joined in America.
How old is the name Mayleigh?
Mayleigh first appears in US birth records in 1999 — 26 years ago. The typical Mayleigh is a kid of about 8 — this name's wave is very recent. About 900 people named Mayleigh are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Mayleigh most popular?
Mayleigh peaked in 2025, reaching #2387 nationally. Today it ranks #2387, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
Where it comes from
From Maia to Mayleigh
The story of Mayleigh
Ovid gives Maia as one explanation for the month of May, a goddess of growth honored on its first day. Leah is the commonest element in English place names. American families joined the two in the 2000s, and Mayleigh appears in the registers in current use.
Meaningscholars disagree
May; clearing
The May element descends from the month, named for Maia, a Roman goddess associated with growth, though it may also be a short form of Mary. The -leigh ending is the Old English leah, 'clearing'. The compound is modern American.
How the name formed
- Maia
- May Leigh
- Mayleigh
Related forms: Maylee · Maeleigh
Pronouncing Mayleigh
MAY-lee
Two syllables, stress on the first. All the spellings of the sound are said identically.
Nicknames for Mayleigh
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
- 1999
- Most girls named
- 202575 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2387reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +56.3%75 in 2025, from 48
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.
Mayleigh in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Maylee in English — spelling variant
- Maeleigh in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Georgia, Texas, Tennessee.
Mayleighs among us
people named Mayleigh are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 21,430 born in 2025 was named Mayleigh
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Alanda test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Mayleigh's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Alanda climbed just as high around 1976, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Alanda's path sketches the road Mayleigh is walking now.
Mayleigh 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 Mayleigh is headed
Mayleigh should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
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.
Mayleigh beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Mayleigh in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That May is named for a goddess of growth is a genuinely good fact.
- May and Leigh are two short forms, both with real records.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- The compound is modern rather than inherited.
- At least four spellings of the sound are in circulation.
- It will be respelled by other people constantly.
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Frequently asked
- How many Mayleighs 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 Mayleigh are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Mayleigh in 2025?
- Mayleigh ranks #2387 among US girl names in 2025, with 75 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Mayleigh?
- About 1 in every 21,430 US girls born in 2025 was named Mayleigh — 75 in all.
- Will my child share the name Mayleigh with classmates?
- Mayleigh will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Mayleigh
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
Maiya#2387 · Rena#2387 · Eviana#2387 · Dora#2387 · Shannon#2387 · Mariyah#2387 · Jeanette#2387 · Yana#2387
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