Unisex name · since 1922
Mays
143 babies named Mays in U.S. Social Security records since 1922, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,080 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,257 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 143
- born since 1922
- 2010s
- peak decade
Mays currently ranks #7257 among unisex names in America, with 143 babies recorded since 1922.
Mays has 143 recorded births among boys since 1922, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7257 as of the latest data, more common than 48% of boys, 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 1922 to 2025.
- #15,080 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,257 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 143 born since 1922
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mays ranks #15,080 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,257 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 143 born since 1922, peaking in the 2010s.
- #15,080 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,257 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 143
- born since 1922
- 2010s
- peak decade
Mays's 143 recorded births place it above 66.8% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Mays compares
143 32nd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Mays's all-time total is 61% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mays | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 143 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 34 | 22,252 |
Mays's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Mays's full recorded timeline at 2017, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1922, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Mays popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1922–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 104 years of records
Mays popularity over time - girls
54 total births recorded since 2010 (Mays as girls' name)
Mays by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (69 births, 48% of the file).
2010s was Mays's strongest decade.
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Mays births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
69 births
- 2020s
2020s
59 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 69 births (48% of all-time use).
Mays by state
Where Mays concentrates geographically, total births since 1922
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 7.0% |
10 of 143 births nationwide.
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What to do with Mays's data
- Mays's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (69 total births) through the 2020s (59) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Mayss (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Mays: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~103 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, 1922–2025 (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 Mays 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.