Mayne — #12478 US boys' name
10 babies named Mayne in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 12% of names given to boys today.
50% of everyone ever named Mayne was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Mayne in 1920 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mayne
The Social Security Administration has registered 10 babies named Mayne between 1920 and 2024, spanning 105 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mayne currently holds the #12478 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 5 babies received it in a single year. Mayne is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1898.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mayne performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Mayne shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mayne 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 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.
Mayne at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mayne popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1920
- Peak year (1920)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 105 years of records
Currently ranks #12478 among boys.
10 total births across 105 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1920 with 5 births in a single year.
Mayne popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 1898 (Mayne as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Mayne accounts for 33% of total recorded use across both genders.
Mayne by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 5 births that decade — 50% of Mayne's all-time total
Mayne decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Mayne's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
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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, 1920–2024 (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.