Mayme — #11070 US girls' name
10,928 babies named Mayme in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1915. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 37% of names given to girls today.
20% of everyone ever named Mayme was born in this single decade.
291 babies were named Mayme in 1915 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mayme
The Social Security Administration has registered 10,928 babies named Mayme between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mayme currently holds the #11070 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 291 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mayme performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 2,208 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Mayme shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 675 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Mayme in 31 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mayme 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 10,928 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.
Mayme at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Mayme popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1915)
- 291
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #11070 among girls.
10,928 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1915 with 291 births in a single year.
Mayme by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 2,208 births that decade — 20% of Mayme's all-time total
Mayme decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,208 births
- Runner-up 2,098 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Mayme's strongest decade
2,208 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 20% of all-time use.
Mayme by state
Where Mayme concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Kentucky | | 675 | 6.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 377 | 3.4% |
| #3 | Tennessee | | 306 | 2.8% |
| #4 | Minnesota | | 240 | 2.2% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 202 | 1.8% |
| #6 | Oklahoma | | 190 | 1.7% |
| #7 | Missouri | | 174 | 1.6% |
| #8 | Wisconsin | | 147 | 1.3% |
675 of 10,928 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 31 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Kentucky 6.2% of nationwide
- Texas 3.4% of nationwide
- Tennessee 2.8% of nationwide
- Minnesota 2.2% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 31 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Kentucky accounts for 6.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Mayme appears in 31 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1880–2024 (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.