Mayen — boys' name
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.
The verdict
26 boys have been named Mayen since 2005, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2021.
- 26
- total births
- 2005–2021
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 38%
- born in that decade
38% of everyone ever named Mayen was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Mayen in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mayen
The Social Security Administration has registered 26 babies named Mayen between 2005 and 2021, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mayen currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mayen performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Mayen shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mayen 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 26 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.
Mayen at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mayen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2005
- Peak year (2021)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
26 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 6 births in a single year.
Mayen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 10 births that decade — 38% of Mayen's all-time total
Mayen decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Mayen's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% 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, 2005–2021 (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.