Given name

Maelia

Maelia is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Maelia isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2009. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Maelia through the years

Babies since 1880
42
0 boys · 42 girls
Most popular year
2022
8 babies
2025
7
#12,669 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+100%
Rising fast
02462025Highest share 20224.4
Maelia in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2009–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,669 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

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Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Maelia, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Maelly

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Zahlia

14Very rareEasing

>99% girls

Modern

Melanna

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Mahdiya

12Very rareCooling

>99% girls

Modern

Miaysia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Marlani

17Very rareRising fast

>99% girls

Modern

Savia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Maelia’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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