boys:
948 births since 2002
#3643 (21st percentile)
overall:
948 births since 2002
#6791 (12th percentile)
The name Mael is the #6,791 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 948 recorded births since 2002. This represents the 12.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,643 (20.5% percentile) for all time with 948 births since 2002.
Mael first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2002 (first recorded for boys in 2002).
For boys, Mael reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 24.0% percentile (ranked #693) with 122 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 122 births per million (ranked 24.0% percentile). Despite a peak around 2004, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Mael is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #693 (24.0% percentile) with 122 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mael".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Mael", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 5 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Male" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Male..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Mael. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 83.3% confident that Mael is pronounced as mayl, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is mal, at 16.7% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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