Maelys

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Maelys: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Maelys: Recorded since 2007, it reached #2,925 in 2017, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
14times a registrar ranked it
18years from first to last
#2925highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2007–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2007	#3667
2008	#5545
2009	#3936
2010	#4012
2011	#3185
2012	#3285
2013	#5742
2015	#5730
2017	#2925
2019	#4686
2020	#5493
2021	#5581
2023	#5687
2024	#5891

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 14 of the 18 years from 2007 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2007–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2007
First recorded at #3667 among girls in England and Wales in 2007 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2007–2024
Highest recorded position: #2925 among girls in England and Wales, in 2017 (recorded 2007–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Maelys by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Maelys in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	13	3 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	37	7 of 10	5
2020s	12	4 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Maelys appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2007 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2925 in England and Wales in 2017.

Maelys's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2925	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3185	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2007 and 2024, ranked in 14 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,925, first reached in 2017.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#5,891position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
8births registered in its largest year, 2017Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Maeve · #25, 62y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aleenah · #2925, 18y
Anamta · #2925, 11y
Asna · #2925, 11y
Begw · #2925, 16y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Aleenah · #2925, 18y
Asna · #2925, 11y
Begw · #2925, 16y
Lielle · #2925, 13y

Maelys and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Maelys without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Maelys

Meabh Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2925 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #4686 and #2040.
Brittany Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3285 and #4171 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #5742 and #3536.
Karin Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3285 and #3681 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #5742 and #3536.
Marilyn Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3667 and #4294 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #5545 and #3397.

Moved the opposite way to Maelys

Ada Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maelys went from #3667 to #5891 while Ada went from #919 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maelys went from #3667 to #5891 while Alma went from #1196 to #234.
Amelia Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maelys went from #3667 to #5891 while Amelia went from #10 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maelys went from #3667 to #5891 while Aria went from #1234 to #35.

Moved the same way as Maelys

Abigail Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maelys went from #3667 to #5891 and Abigail from #24 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maelys went from #3667 to #5891 and Aimee from #76 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maelys went from #3667 to #5891 and Aisling from #1196 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Maelys went from #3667 to #5891 and Alex from #350 to #2253.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2007 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2925 in England and Wales in 2017. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Maelys

Maelys at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Maelys by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Maelys appears in

Popularity data

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Maelys and the names beside it

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Maelys at a glance

Maelys by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Maelys appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Maelys and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Maelys

Moved the opposite way to Maelys

Moved the same way as Maelys