Girls' name · since 2002
Mayley
Since 2002, U.S. Social Security records show 209 babies named Mayley, peaking in 2018. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #19,382 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,667 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 209
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Mayley is the #8667 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 209 recorded since 2002.
Mayley has 209 recorded births among girls since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8667 as of the latest data, more common than 50% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #19,382 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,667 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 209 born since 2002
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mayley ranks #19,382 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,667 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 209 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.
- #19,382 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,667 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 209
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Mayley's 209 recorded births place it above 73.19% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Mayley compares
209 38th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Mayley's all-time total is 44% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mayley | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 209 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Mayley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mayley's full recorded timeline at 2016, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2005, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2018 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mayley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Mayley by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (101 births, 48% of the file).
2010s was Mayley's strongest decade.
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Mayley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
48 births
- 2010s
2010s
101 births
- 2020s
2020s
60 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 101 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Mayley's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (101 total births) through the 2020s (60) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Mayley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~23 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, 2002–2025 (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 Mayley 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.