Given name

Mailen

Mailen is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Mailen 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

Mailen through the years

Babies since 1880
683
0 boys · 683 girls
Most popular year
2023
121 babies
2025
23
#5,498 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+24%
Rising
0204060802025Highest share 202314
Mailen 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 (5).

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 23 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,498 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 24.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 473 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.

Mailen’s family of names

Mailen may belong to the same name family as MAILENN. This is a tentative spelling connection.

Walk Mailen’s family in the name graph

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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 2

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

Similar names

If you love Mailen, 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

Marlani

17Very rareRising fast

>99% girls

Modern

Aizel

13Very rareRising fast

>99% girls

Modern

Mayari

32RareRising fast

>99% girls

Arabic · Modern

Macarena

“blessed, happy”

27RareRising fast

>99% girls

Modern

Ayten

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Madiha

“one who is praiseworthy”

27RareRising

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

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

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