Girls' name · since 1915
Mava
300 babies named Mava in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1939. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,906 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 300
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
300 girls have been named Mava since 1915, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Mava recorded 300 times among girls since 1915, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2022.
- #15,906 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 300 born since 1915
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mava ranks #15,906 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 300 born since 1915, peaking in the 1920s.
- #15,906 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 300
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Mava's 300 recorded births place it above 77.99% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mava's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Mava's SSA record in two at 1933 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1916, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1939 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Mava popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2022
- Peak year (1939)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 108 years of records
Mava by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (104 births, 35% of the file).
1920s was Mava's strongest decade.
104 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Mava births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 31
1910s
31 births
- 1920s
1920s
104 births
- 1930s
1930s
89 births
- 1940s
1940s
54 births
- 1950s 10
1950s
10 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 104 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Mava's decade-level peak was the 1920s (104 total births); usage has since declined to 12 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 Mava: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1939)
Similar record span (~107 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, 1915–2022 (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 Mava 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.