Mayhem — boys' name

What the Data Says About Mayhem

The Social Security Administration has registered 33 babies named Mayhem between 2014 and 2025, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mayhem currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mayhem performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Mayhem shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mayhem 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 33 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.