Boys' name · since 1914
Mayes
Mayes has 180 recorded births since 1914 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2020 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,623 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,634 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 180
- born since 1914
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Mayes is the #5634 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 180 recorded since 1914.
Mayes has 180 recorded births among boys since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5634 as of the latest data, more common than 60% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 2025.
- #13,623 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,634 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 180 born since 1914
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mayes ranks #13,623 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,634 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 180 born since 1914, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,623 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,634 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 180
- born since 1914
- 2020s
- peak decade
Mayes's 180 recorded births place it above 70.03% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Mayes compares
180 36th 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
Mayes's all-time total is 51% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mayes | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 180 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 34 | 22,252 |
Mayes's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mayes's full recorded timeline at 2016, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1914, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2020 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mayes popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 112 years of records
Mayes popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 2012 (Mayes as girls' name)
Mayes by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (82 births, 46% of the file).
2020s was Mayes's strongest decade.
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Mayes births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
78 births
- 2020s
2020s
82 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 82 births (46% of all-time use).
Mayes by state
Where Mayes concentrates geographically, total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 10 | 5.6% |
10 of 180 births nationwide.
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What to do with Mayes's data
- Texas records the most Mayess (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
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 Mayes: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~111 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, 1914–2025 (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 Mayes 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.