Boys' name · since 2005
Mayen
26 babies named Mayen in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 26
- total births
- 2005–2021
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 38%
- born in that decade
26 boys have been named Mayen since 2005, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Mayen has 26 recorded births among boys since 2005, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2021.
- 26 total births
- 2005–2021 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 38% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mayen's 26 recorded births place it above 40% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mayen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mayen splits its recorded history at 2011: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2005 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mayen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2021
- Peak year (2021)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Mayen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Mayen's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Mayen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 10 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Mayen's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (10 total births) through the 2020s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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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, 2005–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mayen: Baby Name Since 2005 - 26 Births, Peak 2021." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mayen. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Mayen 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 July 2026.