Girls' name · since 1960
Mairi
Since 1960, U.S. Social Security records show 289 babies named Mairi, peaking in 2011. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #16,249 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,217 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 289
- born since 1960
- 2000s
- peak decade
289 babies have been named Mairi since 1960, making it today's #15217 girls' name.
Mairi has 289 recorded births among girls since 1960, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15217 as of the latest data, more common than 12% 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 1960 to 2025.
- #16,249 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,217 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 289 born since 1960
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mairi ranks #16,249 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,217 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 289 born since 1960, peaking in the 2000s.
- #16,249 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,217 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 289
- born since 1960
- 2000s
- peak decade
Mairi's 289 recorded births place it above 77.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Mairi compares
289 44th percentile among 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
Mairi's all-time total is 23% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mairi | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 289 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Mairi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mairi splits its recorded history at 2002: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1967 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2011 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mairi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 66 years of records
Mairi by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (78 births, 27% of the file).
2000s was Mairi's strongest decade.
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Mairi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 22
1960s
22 births
- 1970s 16
1970s
16 births
- 1980s
1980s
41 births
- 1990s
1990s
36 births
- 2000s
2000s
78 births
- 2010s
2010s
77 births
- 2020s 19
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 78 births (27% of all-time use).
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- Mairi's decade-level peak was the 2000s (78 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Mairi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~65 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, 1960–2025 (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 Mairi 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.