Mamie
Mamie was given to 19 girls in 2025, #6,248 among girls’ names; 78,185 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 11,600 Americans named Mamie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (15% of everyone recorded); the median is 74 years old and half are between 62 and 83.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Mamie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Mamie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Mamie is “a diminutive of Mary or Mavis, also used as a formal female given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Mamie?
#6,248 among girls’ names, 2025
Mamie fell from #5,954 in 2015 to #6,248 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 12.3 to 11.8 per million.
1,800 babies in 1919, the peak
Mamie peaked in 1919, when 1,800 babies were given it (1,793 girls, #132 among girls’ names). The 19 births of 2025 are 1% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,248 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,559 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 24 | #5,328 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,895 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,574 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 24 | #5,259 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,550 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,161 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 23 | #5,604 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,911 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 22 | #5,954 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,251 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 24 | #5,596 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,496 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,660 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,351 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 30 | #4,893 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 26 | #5,523 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,295 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,512 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 33 | #4,230 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 12 | #9,052 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 13 | #8,306 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 24 | #5,014 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 29 | #4,279 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 40 | #3,372 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 28 | #4,161 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 33 | #3,608 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 27 | #4,079 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 26 | #4,133 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 43 | #2,820 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 26 | #4,071 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 34 | #3,318 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 37 | #3,113 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 39 | #2,962 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 37 | #3,044 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 50 | #2,348 | 0.03 |
| 1988 | 39 | #2,725 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 53 | #2,085 | 0.03 |
| 1986 | 38 | #2,594 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 50 | #2,120 | 0.03 |
| 1984 | 57 | #1,877 | 0.03 |
| 1983 | 53 | #1,944 | 0.03 |
| 1982 | 79 | #1,522 | 0.05 |
| 1981 | 60 | #1,839 | 0.04 |
| 1980 | 79 | #1,510 | 0.05 |
| 1979 | 92 | #1,344 | 0.06 |
| 1978 | 90 | #1,335 | 0.06 |
| 1977 | 53 | #1,890 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 78 | #1,378 | 0.05 |
| 1975 | 78 | #1,371 | 0.05 |
| 1974 | 84 | #1,281 | 0.06 |
| 1973 | 85 | #1,233 | 0.06 |
| 1972 | 82 | #1,261 | 0.05 |
| 1971 | 90 | #1,240 | 0.05 |
| 1970 | 84 | #1,289 | 0.05 |
| 1969 | 106 | #1,073 | 0.06 |
| 1968 | 105 | #1,015 | 0.06 |
| 1967 | 97 | #1,054 | 0.06 |
| 1966 | 136 | #859 | 0.08 |
| 1965 | 142 | #836 | 0.08 |
| 1964 | 182 | #768 | 0.10 |
| 1963 | 176 | #783 | 0.09 |
| 1962 | 208 | #717 | 0.11 |
| 1961 | 247 | #652 | 0.12 |
| 1960 | 247 | #641 | 0.12 |
| 1959 | 261 | #614 | 0.13 |
| 1958 | 291 | #584 | 0.14 |
| 1957 | 287 | #570 | 0.14 |
| 1956 | 360 | #493 | 0.18 |
| 1955 | 332 | #506 | 0.17 |
| 1954 | 370 | #458 | 0.19 |
| 1953 | 422 | #420 | 0.22 |
| 1952 | 403 | #427 | 0.22 |
| 1951 | 398 | #416 | 0.22 |
| 1950 | 464 | #371 | 0.27 |
| 1949 | 466 | #364 | 0.27 |
| 1948 | 503 | #345 | 0.30 |
| 1947 | 563 | #336 | 0.32 |
| 1946 | 548 | #316 | 0.35 |
| 1945 | 540 | #295 | 0.41 |
| 1944 | 578 | #285 | 0.44 |
| 1943 | 632 | #280 | 0.45 |
| 1942 | 635 | #275 | 0.47 |
| 1941 | 624 | #256 | 0.52 |
| 1940 | 676 | #245 | 0.59 |
| 1939 | 680 | #240 | 0.62 |
| 1938 | 677 | #243 | 0.61 |
| 1937 | 713 | #227 | 0.67 |
| 1936 | 700 | #234 | 0.67 |
| 1935 | 774 | #221 | 0.74 |
| 1934 | 864 | #204 | 0.83 |
| 1933 | 863 | #201 | 0.86 |
| 1932 | 970 | #188 | 0.91 |
| 1931 | 947 | #191 | 0.89 |
| 1930 | 1,028 | #187 | 0.91 |
| 1929 | 1,150 | #176 | 1.0 |
| 1928 | 1,178 | #178 | 1.0 |
| 1927 | 1,354 | #164 | 1.1 |
| 1926 | 1,367 | #167 | 1.2 |
| 1925 | 1,502 | #160 | 1.2 |
| 1924 | 1,626 | #156 | 1.3 |
| 1923 | 1,605 | #154 | 1.3 |
| 1922 | 1,689 | #147 | 1.4 |
| 1921 | 1,627 | #150 | 1.3 |
| 1920 | 1,708 | #142 | 1.4 |
| 1919 | 1,793 | #132 | 1.6 |
| 1918 | 1,708 | #137 | 1.5 |
| 1917 | 1,689 | #130 | 1.6 |
| 1916 | 1,653 | #129 | 1.6 |
| 1915 | 1,629 | #124 | 1.7 |
| 1914 | 1,386 | #115 | 1.8 |
| 1913 | 1,245 | #106 | 2.0 |
| 1912 | 1,273 | #95 | 2.3 |
| 1911 | 1,095 | #89 | 2.6 |
| 1910 | 1,079 | #86 | 2.7 |
| 1909 | 974 | #84 | 2.8 |
| 1908 | 1,028 | #79 | 3.1 |
| 1907 | 1,059 | #75 | 3.3 |
| 1906 | 1,002 | #73 | 3.4 |
| 1905 | 1,068 | #70 | 3.7 |
| 1904 | 1,041 | #67 | 3.8 |
| 1903 | 990 | #69 | 3.8 |
| 1902 | 1,127 | #60 | 4.3 |
| 1901 | 992 | #60 | 4.1 |
| 1900 | 1,337 | #59 | 4.5 |
| 1899 | 966 | #64 | 4.1 |
| 1898 | 1,084 | #63 | 4.2 |
| 1897 | 1,006 | #59 | 4.3 |
| 1896 | 1,081 | #58 | 4.5 |
| 1895 | 1,119 | #59 | 4.8 |
| 1894 | 1,043 | #59 | 4.7 |
| 1893 | 1,011 | #59 | 4.7 |
| 1892 | 978 | #58 | 4.6 |
| 1891 | 830 | #61 | 4.5 |
| 1890 | 967 | #54 | 5.1 |
| 1889 | 883 | #58 | 5.0 |
| 1888 | 917 | #53 | 5.1 |
| 1887 | 716 | #57 | 4.9 |
| 1886 | 712 | #55 | 4.9 |
| 1885 | 606 | #62 | 4.6 |
| 1884 | 609 | #57 | 4.7 |
| 1883 | 531 | #58 | 4.7 |
| 1882 | 508 | #60 | 4.7 |
| 1881 | 412 | #66 | 4.5 |
| 1880 | 436 | #58 | 4.8 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Mamie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Mamie has been given almost only to girls: 278 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Mamie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Mamie, and how old are they?
11,600 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 15% of the 78,185 Americans ever recorded as Mamie. The median Mamie alive today is 74 years old; half are between 62 and 83.
The 2020 Census counted 12,195 people named Mamie (12,170 women and girls, 25 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 15,536 born in the U.S. The Census count is 22% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 3,680 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 5,040 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,370 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 700 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 399 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 282 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Mamie born?
The states with the most babies named Mamie are Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina, with 34% of its births recorded by state since 1910; South Carolina is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 6,336 | not ranked | 3.8× |
| North Carolina | 5,229 | not ranked | 2.9× |
| South Carolina | 4,728 | not ranked | 4.3× |
| Alabama | 4,439 | not ranked | 3.1× |
| Mississippi | 3,736 | not ranked | 3.5× |
| Texas | 3,026 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Tennessee | 2,503 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Virginia | 2,418 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Louisiana | 1,848 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Florida | 1,711 | not ranked | 2.2× |
Where Mamie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Mamie is most over-represented in South Carolina: since 1910 it was given 4.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Mamie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 234,215 babies since 1880, Mamie is the second most given (33% of them). In 2025 it was given to 19 of their 1,433 babies (1.3%), the fifth most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Mamie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Mamie and names like it
- Compare Mamie and MaeBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sMamie peaked in 1919.
- Georgia’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Mamie since 1910.
- The top names of 1919The year the most babies were named Mamie.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Mamie alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with MMost given first.