Mayes — #6842 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Mayes

The Social Security Administration has registered 164 babies named Mayes between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mayes currently holds the #6842 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mayes performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 78 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Mayes shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mayes in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mayes 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 164 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.