Girls' name · since 1909
Mayetta
238 babies named Mayetta in U.S. Social Security records since 1909, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,080 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 238
- born since 1909
- 1920s
- peak decade
238 girls have been named Mayetta since 1909, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mayetta has been recorded 238 times among girls since 1909, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1909 to 1960.
- #18,080 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 238 born since 1909
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mayetta ranks #18,080 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 238 born since 1909, peaking in the 1920s.
- #18,080 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 238
- born since 1909
- 1920s
- peak decade
Mayetta's 238 recorded births place it above 74.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mayetta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mayetta splits its recorded history at 1934: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1916 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1918 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mayetta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1909–1960
- Peak year (1918)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Mayetta by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (74 births, 31% of the file).
1920s was Mayetta's strongest decade.
74 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Mayetta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 6
1900s
6 births
- 1910s
1910s
46 births
- 1920s
1920s
74 births
- 1930s
1930s
32 births
- 1940s
1940s
55 births
- 1950s 17
1950s
17 births
- 1960s 8
1960s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 74 births (31% of all-time use).
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What to do with Mayetta's data
- Mayetta's decade-level peak was the 1920s (74 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Mayetta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~51 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, 1909–1960 (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 Mayetta 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.