Maylee
About Maylee
Debuted on the US Top 1000 in 2016, only to immediately dip back under the radar. While Maylee is an invented name, it can also be considered a compound name made up of May and Lee. May is a month name that's a diminutive of Mary and Lee commonly means meadow.
Hawaiian name Maile, as in writer Maile Meloy, is usually pronounced like Miley.
Pronounced MAY-lee.
As of October 2026, Maylee ranked #1023 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #990 in 2016.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,114 | 228 | 127.6 |
| 2015 | #1,101 | 236 | 132.2 |
| 2016 | #990 | 268 | 151.2 |
| 2017 | #1,163 | 212 | 122.8 |
| 2018 | #1,149 | 212 | 124.6 |
| 2019 | #1,177 | 202 | 120.4 |
| 2020 | #1,084 | 227 | 140.4 |
| 2021 | #1,065 | 237 | 144.4 |
| 2022 | #1,013 | 257 | 156.7 |
| 2023 | #1,119 | 219 | 136.5 |
| 2024 | #1,020 | 247 | 152.5 |
| 2025 | #1,023 | 245 | 152.4 |
World rankings
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Maylee on lists
Famous Maylees
- Maylee Todd
Canadian singer,songwriter
- Maylee Atthin
Johnson, Tobagonian footballer
- May
lee Chai, American novelist
Maylee in pop culture
- Maylene "Maylee" Griffin
character in play "I Can Do Bad All By Myself" by Tyler Perry
- Maylee
character in the video game "Theresia: Dear Emile"