Mamye — girls' name
258 babies named Mamye in U.S. Social Security records since 1886, with the highest year being 1914. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
37% of everyone ever named Mamye was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Mamye in 1914 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mamye
The Social Security Administration has registered 258 babies named Mamye between 1886 and 1947, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mamye currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1947. The name reached its historical peak in 1914, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mamye performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 96 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Mamye shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mamye in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mamye 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 258 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.
Mamye at a glance
Last recorded 1947Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mamye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–1886
- Peak year (1914)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 62 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1947.
258 total births across 62 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1914 with 13 births in a single year.
Mamye by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 96 births that decade — 37% of Mamye's all-time total
Mamye decade highlights
- Peak decade 96 births
- Runner-up 78 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Mamye's strongest decade
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Mamye by state
Where Mamye concentrates geographically — total births since 1886
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Mississippi | | 5 | 1.9% |
5 of 258 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Mississippi 1.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Mississippi accounts for 1.9% 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, 1886–1947 (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.