Mayce — girls' name
456 babies named Mayce in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
456 girls have been named Mayce since 1990, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2023.
- 456
- total births
- 1990–2023
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 55%
- born in that decade
55% of everyone ever named Mayce was born in this single decade.
35 babies were named Mayce in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mayce
The Social Security Administration has registered 456 babies named Mayce between 1990 and 2023, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mayce currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 35 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mayce performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 252 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Mayce shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mayce 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 456 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.
Mayce at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mayce popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1990
- Peak year (2001)
- 35
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
456 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 35 births in a single year.
Mayce popularity over time — boys
22 total births recorded since 2019 (Mayce as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Mayce accounts for 5% of total recorded use across both genders.
Mayce by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 252 births that decade — 55% of Mayce's all-time total
Mayce decade highlights
- Peak decade 252 births
- Runner-up 93 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Mayce's strongest decade
252 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% 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, 1990–2023 (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.