Mayowa — boys' name
15 babies named Mayowa in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
15 boys have been named Mayowa since 2006, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2020.
- 15
- total births
- 2006–2020
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 33%
- born in that decade
33% of everyone ever named Mayowa was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Mayowa in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mayowa
The Social Security Administration has registered 15 babies named Mayowa between 2006 and 2020, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mayowa currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mayowa performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Mayowa shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mayowa 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 15 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.
Mayowa at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mayowa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–2006
- Peak year (2006)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
15 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 5 births in a single year.
Mayowa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 5 births that decade — 33% of Mayowa's all-time total
Mayowa decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Mayowa's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% 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, 2006–2020 (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.