Recorded 1980–2012 Girls' name Peak 1992 398 births

Maygen — girls' name

398 babies named Maygen in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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The verdict

398 girls have been named Maygen since 1980, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2012.

398
total births
1980–2012
years on record
1990s
peak decade
40%
born in that decade
1990s
Peak decade

40% of everyone ever named Maygen was born in this single decade.

1992
Single peak year

23 babies were named Maygen in 1992 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Maygen

The Social Security Administration has registered 398 babies named Maygen between 1980 and 2012, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maygen currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Maygen performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 159 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Maygen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Maygen in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Maygen 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 398 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.

Maygen at a glance

Last recorded 2012

Total births

398

Since 1980

33 years of records

Peak year

1992

23 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2012

Active since

1980

Recorded for 33 years

Last year on file: 2012

Maygen popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–1980

Last recorded 2012
Peak year (1992)
23
Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
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Maygen by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
159 births that decade — 40% of Maygen's all-time total
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Maygen by state

Where Maygen concentrates geographically — total births since 1980

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Maygen
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
6 1.5%
Texas share of Maygen's total US births 1.5%

6 of 398 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Maygen?
398 babies have been named Maygen since 1980. It was last recorded in 2012. The peak year was 1992 with 23 births.
When was Maygen most popular?
Maygen was most popular in the 1990s decade with 159 total births. The single peak year was 1992.
Where is Maygen most popular?
The top states for the name Maygen are Texas (6 births).
How long has the name Maygen been used?
Maygen has been recorded in Social Security data since 1980, spanning 33 years of data through 2012.
What names are similar to Maygen?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Maya, May, Mayra, Mayme, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1980–2012 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.