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.
- 122
- total births
- 2008–2025
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 76%
- born in that decade
122 boys have been named Maycen since 2008, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maycen has been recorded 122 times among boys since 2008, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, 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.
- 122 total births
- 2008–2025 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 76% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Maycen's 122 recorded births place it above 65% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
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
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2025.
122 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 12 births in a single year.
Maycen popularity over time - girls
52 total births recorded since 2000 (Maycen as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Maycen accounts for 30% of total recorded use across both genders.
Maycen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
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).
Maycen decade highlights
- Peak decade 93 births
- Runner-up 19 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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- 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.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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).
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NameAlmanac. "Maycen: Baby Name Since 2008 - 122 Births, Peak 2014." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/maycen. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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