Boys' name · since 1991
Mainor
140 babies named Mainor in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,225 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,593 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 140
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
Mainor currently ranks #12593 among boys' names in America, with 140 babies recorded since 1991.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mainor has been recorded 140 times among boys since 1991, currently ranked #12593 nationally and more common than 10% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2025.
- #15,225 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,593 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 140 born since 1991
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mainor ranks #15,225 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,593 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 140 born since 1991, peaking in the 2000s.
- #15,225 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,593 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 140
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
Mainor's 140 recorded births place it above 66.48% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Mainor compares
140 31st percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Mainor's all-time total is 62% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mainor | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 140 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Mainor's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Mainor's SSA record in two at 2005 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1995, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Mainor popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Mainor by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (71 births, 51% of the file).
2000s was Mainor's strongest decade.
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Mainor births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
33 births
- 2000s
2000s
71 births
- 2010s 13
2010s
13 births
- 2020s 23
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 71 births (51% of all-time use).
Mainor by state
Where Mainor concentrates geographically, total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 4.3% |
6 of 140 births nationwide.
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What to do with Mainor's data
- Mainor's decade-level peak was the 2000s (71 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Mainors (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Mainor: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
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, 1991–2025 (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 Mainor 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.