Given name

Maileen

Maileen is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Maileen 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 2007. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Maileen through the years

Babies since 1880
132
0 boys · 132 girls
Most popular year
2020
17 babies
2025
15
#7,363 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+50%
Rising fast
0510152025Highest share 20209.3
Maileen in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2007–2025, 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.

Where it’s given

Most at home inTexas
FewerMore, relative to births Not published
2025 births by state of birth. Tiles are equal-sized so small states stay visible. Highest rates: Texas (6).

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,363 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 159 as a first name in 2020.

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

MaileenMayleen

The ring: spellings.

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.

Similar names

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

Modern

Ailen

38RareRising fast

1% boys · 99% girls

Modern

Maslyn

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Ayten

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Milynn

14Very rareCooling

>99% girls

French · Modern

Marron

Marron is a surname from French. It is used in English and French.

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Mahdiya

12Very rareCooling

>99% girls

Modern

Myracle

“an act of God's hand”

28RareEasing

>99% girls

Modern

Marlani

17Very rareRising fast

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

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

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