Maui — #5553 US boys' name
249 babies named Maui in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 61% of names given to boys today.
46% of everyone ever named Maui was born in this single decade.
42 babies were named Maui in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Maui
The Social Security Administration has registered 249 babies named Maui between 1997 and 2024, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Maui currently holds the #5553 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 42 babies received it in a single year. Maui is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 121 additional births since 2004.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Maui performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 115 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Maui shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Maui in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Maui 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 249 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.
Maui at a glance
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Current rank
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Maui popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1997
- Peak year (2017)
- 42
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
Currently ranks #5553 among boys.
249 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 42 births in a single year.
Maui popularity over time — girls
121 total births recorded since 2004 (Maui as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Maui accounts for 33% of total recorded use across both genders.
Maui by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 115 births that decade — 46% of Maui's all-time total
Maui decade highlights
- Peak decade 115 births
- Runner-up 83 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Maui's strongest decade
115 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Maui by state
Where Maui concentrates geographically — total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 15 | 6.0% |
15 of 249 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 6.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.0% 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, 1997–2024 (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.