girls:
321 births since 2002
#5395 (6th percentile)
overall:
321 births since 2002
#7418 (4th percentile)
The name Maela is the #7,418 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 321 recorded births since 2002. This represents the 4.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,395 (5.6% percentile) for all time with 321 births since 2002.
Maela first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2002 (first recorded for girls in 2002). Birth data for Maela is available in 19 out of the 22 years between 2002 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Maela reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 5.2% percentile (ranked #898) with 31 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 31 births per million (ranked 5.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Maela is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #898 (5.2% percentile) with 31 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Maela".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Maela", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 21 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Mila" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Mila..
Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Maela. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 78.9% confident that Maela is pronounced as MAY-luh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MA-luh, at 10.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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