Girls' name · since 1980
Maygen
Maygen has 398 recorded births since 1980 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1992 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,553 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 398
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
Maygen sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 398 recorded since 1980.
Maygen has 398 recorded births among girls since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2012.
- #13,553 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 398 born since 1980
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maygen ranks #13,553 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 398 born since 1980, peaking in the 1990s.
- #13,553 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 398
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
Maygen's 398 recorded births place it above 81.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Maygen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Maygen splits its recorded history at 1997: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1980 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1992 peak of 23 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Maygen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2012
- Peak year (1992)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Maygen by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (159 births, 40% of the file).
1990s was Maygen's strongest decade.
159 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Maygen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window.
- 1980s
1980s
100 births
- 1990s
1990s
159 births
- 2000s
2000s
120 births
- 2010s 19
2010s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 159 births (40% of all-time use).
Maygen by state
Where Maygen concentrates geographically, total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 1.5% |
6 of 398 births nationwide.
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- Maygen's decade-level peak was the 1990s (159 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Maygens (6 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Maygen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1980–2012 (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 Maygen 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.