Girls' name · since 1967
Mairead
1,402 babies named Mairead in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,964 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,294 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,402
- born since 1967
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Mairead is the #4294 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,402 recorded since 1967.
Mairead has 1,402 recorded births among girls since 1967, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4294 as of the latest data, more common than 75% of girls, 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 1967 to 2025.
- #5,964 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,294 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,402 born since 1967
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mairead ranks #5,964 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,294 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,402 born since 1967, peaking in the 2000s.
- #5,964 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,294 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,402
- born since 1967
- 2000s
- peak decade
Mairead's 1,402 recorded births place it above 91.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Mairead compares
1,402 Top 27% higher than 73% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Mairead's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mairead | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,402 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 59 | 21 | 19,840 |
Mairead's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Mairead's SSA record in two at 2000 and the more recent half accounts for 65% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 35%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1980, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2002 peak of 59, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Mairead popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–2025
- Peak year (2002)
- 59
- Annual births at peak, across 59 years of records
Mairead by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (460 births, 33% of the file).
2000s was Mairead's strongest decade.
460 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Mairead births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s 37
1970s
37 births
- 1980s 102
1980s
102 births
- 1990s
1990s
346 births
- 2000s
2000s
460 births
- 2010s
2010s
285 births
- 2020s 166
2020s
166 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 460 births (33% of all-time use).
How Mairead compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Mairead's total volume
Mairead by state
Where Mairead concentrates geographically, total births since 1967
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 267 | 19.0% |
| #2 | Massachusetts | | 177 | 12.6% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 47 | 3.4% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 29 | 2.1% |
| #5 | Connecticut | | 15 | 1.1% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 14 | 1.0% |
| #7 | California | | 11 | 0.8% |
267 of 1,402 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Mairead's data
- Mairead's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (460 total births) through the 2020s (166) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Maireads (267 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Mairead: 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 (~58 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, 1967–2025 (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 Mairead 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.