Unisex name · since 1990
Mayan
374 babies named Mayan in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,086 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,715 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 374
- born since 1990
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Mayan is the #4715 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 374 recorded since 1990.
Mayan has 374 recorded births among girls since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4715 as of the latest data, more common than 73% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.
- #14,086 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,715 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 374 born since 1990
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mayan ranks #14,086 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,715 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 374 born since 1990, peaking in the 2020s.
- #14,086 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,715 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 374
- born since 1990
- 2020s
- peak decade
Mayan's 374 recorded births place it above 80.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Mayan compares
374 49th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Mayan's all-time total is 1% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mayan | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 374 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 32 | 21 | 19,840 |
Mayan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mayan's full recorded timeline at 2008, 64% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 36% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 32 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mayan popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Mayan popularity over time - boys
262 total births recorded since 1999 (Mayan as boys' name)
Mayan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (147 births, 39% of the file).
2020s was Mayan's strongest decade.
147 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Mayan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
72 births
- 2000s
2000s
79 births
- 2010s
2010s
76 births
- 2020s
2020s
147 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 147 births (39% of all-time use).
Mayan by state
Where Mayan concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 24 | 6.4% |
| #2 | New York | | 16 | 4.3% |
24 of 374 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- California records the most Mayans (24 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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 Mayan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1990–2025 (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 Mayan 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.