Maire — #15328 US girls' name
914 babies named Maire in U.S. Social Security records since 1901, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 13% of names given to girls today.
18% of everyone ever named Maire was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Maire in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Maire
The Social Security Administration has registered 914 babies named Maire between 1901 and 2024, spanning 124 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maire currently holds the #15328 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Maire performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 165 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Maire shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Massachusetts, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Maire in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Maire in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 914 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Maire at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Maire popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1901
- Peak year (1997)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 124 years of records
Currently ranks #15328 among girls.
914 total births across 124 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 26 births in a single year.
Maire by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 165 births that decade — 18% of Maire's all-time total
Maire decade highlights
- Peak decade 165 births
- Runner-up 127 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Maire's strongest decade
165 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 18% of all-time use.
Maire by state
Where Maire concentrates geographically — total births since 1901
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Massachusetts | | 5 | 0.5% |
5 of 914 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Massachusetts 0.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Massachusetts accounts for 0.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1901–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.