Boys' name · since 2016
Mayor
Since 2016, U.S. Social Security records show 26 babies named Mayor, peaking in 2016. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 26
- total births
- 2016–2021
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 54%
- born in that decade
Mayor is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 26 have been recorded since 2016.
Social Security Administration records show Mayor recorded 26 times among boys since 2016, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2016 to 2021.
- 26 total births
- 2016–2021 years on record
- 2020s peak decade
- 54% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mayor's 26 recorded births place it above 40% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mayor's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mayor splits its recorded history at 2020: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2019 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2016 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mayor popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2021
- Peak year (2016)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Mayor by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Mayor's strongest decade.
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Mayor births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
12 births
- 2020s
2020s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 14 births (54% of all-time use).
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 2016–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mayor: Baby Name Since 2016 - 26 Births, Peak 2016." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mayor. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Mayor 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 July 2026.