Maydean — girls' name
32 babies named Maydean in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
32 girls have been named Maydean since 1918, peaking in the 1920s, last recorded in 1953.
- 32
- total births
- 1918–1953
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
50% of everyone ever named Maydean was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Maydean in 1925 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Maydean
The Social Security Administration has registered 32 babies named Maydean between 1918 and 1953, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maydean currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1953. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Maydean performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Maydean shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Maydean 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 32 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.
Maydean at a glance
Last recorded 1953Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Maydean popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–1918
- Peak year (1925)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1953.
32 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1925 with 6 births in a single year.
Maydean by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 16 births that decade — 50% of Maydean's all-time total
Maydean decade highlights
- Peak decade 16 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Maydean's strongest decade
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% 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, 1918–1953 (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.