Girls' name · since 1917
Maycel
64 babies named Maycel in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #32,160 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 64
- born since 1917
- 1920s
- peak decade
Maycel sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 64 recorded since 1917.
Maycel has 64 recorded births among girls since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 1934.
- #32,160 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 64 born since 1917
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maycel ranks #32,160 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 64 born since 1917, peaking in the 1920s.
- #32,160 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 64
- born since 1917
- 1920s
- peak decade
Maycel's 64 recorded births place it above 55.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Maycel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Maycel's SSA record in two at 1923 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1919, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1918 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Maycel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–1934
- Peak year (1918)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Maycel by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (35 births, 55% of the file).
1920s was Maycel's strongest decade.
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Maycel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window.
- 1910s
1910s
19 births
- 1920s
1920s
35 births
- 1930s 10
1930s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 35 births (55% of all-time use).
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- Maycel's decade-level peak was the 1920s (35 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 1930s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Maycel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1917–1934 (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 Maycel 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.