Girls' name · since 1915
Mayfred
38 babies named Mayfred in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1915. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 38
- total births
- 1915–1923
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 53%
- born in that decade
Mayfred is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 38 have been recorded since 1915.
Social Security Administration records show Mayfred recorded 38 times among girls since 1915, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1923.
- 38 total births
- 1915–1923 years on record
- 1920s peak decade
- 53% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mayfred's 38 recorded births place it above 47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Mayfred's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mayfred splits its recorded history at 1920: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1920 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1915 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mayfred popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1923
- Peak year (1915)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1923.
38 total births across 9 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1915 with 6 births in a single year.
Mayfred by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1920s was Mayfred's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Mayfred births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
18 births
- 1920s
1920s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 20 births (53% of all-time use).
Mayfred decade highlights
- Peak decade 20 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Mayfred by state
Where Mayfred concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 13.2% |
5 of 38 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 13.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 13.2% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1915–1923 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mayfred: Baby Name Since 1915 - 38 Births, Peak 1915." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mayfred. 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 Mayfred 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.
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