Mava — girls' name
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.
35% of everyone ever named Mava was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Mava in 1939 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mava
The Social Security Administration has registered 300 babies named Mava between 1915 and 2022, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mava currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1939, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mava performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 104 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Mava shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mava 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 300 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.
Mava at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mava popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1915
- Peak year (1939)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 108 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
300 total births across 108 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1939 with 17 births in a single year.
Mava by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 104 births that decade — 35% of Mava's all-time total
Mava decade highlights
- Peak decade 104 births
- Runner-up 89 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Mava's strongest decade
104 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
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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, 1915–2022 (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.