Unisex name · since 2008
Maycen
Maycen has 122 recorded births since 2008 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2014 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,122 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,716 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 122
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Maycen currently ranks #8716 among unisex names in America, with 122 babies recorded since 2008.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maycen has been recorded 122 times among boys since 2008, currently ranked #8716 nationally and more common than 37% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2025.
- #16,122 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,716 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 122 born since 2008
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maycen ranks #16,122 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,716 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 122 born since 2008, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,122 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,716 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 122
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Maycen's 122 recorded births place it above 64.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Maycen compares
122 29th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Maycen's all-time total is 67% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maycen | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 122 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 34 | 22,252 |
Maycen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Maycen's full recorded timeline at 2015, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2008, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2014 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Maycen popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Maycen popularity over time - girls
52 total births recorded since 2000 (Maycen as girls' name)
Maycen by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (93 births, 76% of the file).
2010s was Maycen's strongest decade.
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Maycen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
93 births
- 2020s 19
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 93 births (76% of all-time use).
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What to do with Maycen's data
- Maycen's decade-level peak was the 2010s (93 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 2020s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Maycen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~17 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, 2008–2025 (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 Maycen 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.