Boys' name · since 1990
Maico
Since 1990, U.S. Social Security records show 155 babies named Maico, peaking in 2002. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #14,535 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 155
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Maico sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 155 recorded since 1990.
Maico has 155 recorded births among boys since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2024.
- #14,535 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 155 born since 1990
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maico ranks #14,535 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 155 born since 1990, peaking in the 2000s.
- #14,535 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 155
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Maico's 155 recorded births place it above 68% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Maico's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Maico's full recorded timeline at 2005, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1991, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2002 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Maico popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2024
- Peak year (2002)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2024.
155 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 11 births in a single year.
Maico by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (55 births, 35% of the file).
2000s was Maico's strongest decade.
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Maico births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
38 births
- 2000s
2000s
55 births
- 2010s
2010s
42 births
- 2020s 20
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 55 births (35% of all-time use).
Maico decade highlights
- Peak decade 55 births
- Runner-up 42 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Maico's data
- Maico's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (55 total births) through the 2020s (20) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Maico: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~34 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1990–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Maico draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
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