Mayah — #2257 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Mayah

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,910 babies named Mayah between 1988 and 2024, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mayah currently holds the #2257 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 174 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mayah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,338 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Mayah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 437 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Mayah in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mayah 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 2,910 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.